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"Are such stuff as dreams are made on." 

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In bed we laugh, in bed we cry, 
And born in bed, in bed we die. 
The near approach a bed may show 
Of human bliss to human woe. 

— Isaac de Benserade. 



Ostermoor Mattresses 

"Are such stuff as dreams are made on." 

— Shakespeare, " Tempest" IV., I. 




Ever medicine thee to that sweet sleep. 

— Shakespeare, " Othello." 



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Tired nature's sweet restorer, balmy sleep. 

■ — Edxu. Yount 



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"Are such stuff as dreams are made on." 

— Shakespeare, " Tempest" IV., I. 







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That heaven on earth to weary head. 

— Hood, " Her Dream." 



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*) INDEX OF CONTENTS. 



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Pages 






19 




16, 


17, 18 
15 

• 24 

26 

. 25 


26, 


27, 


35, 37 




20, 


21, 22 


28, 


29, 


32, 33 



^ Beds. 

Feathers ....... 

Of Other Days 

Importance of ..... . 

Cotton. 

Curious Facts About ..... 
Fibre ; Nature of ..... 

Exceptional Purity ..... 

The Ostermoor Treatment of . 

Hair. 

A Dangerous Mattress Filling- 
Contrasted with Ostermoor 
Human ........ .21 

Mattresses, Renovation of ..... 32, 33 

Hand'Laid Filling. 

Described 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31 

Illustrated 21, 33, 40, 41, 42, 43 

Imitation of Ostermoor 38, 39, 135 

Label, Genuine Ostermoor .... 39, 135 

Ostermoor Cushions. 

All Kinds, Price List 105 

Boat .... .88, 89, 91, 92, 94, 95, 105 

Car 118 

Carriage .......... 70 

Chair 96, 98, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104 

Church Pew 107 to 115 

Church Kneeling 115 to 117 

Deck 95 

Divan 119, 120, 121 

Mission Style . . . 102 

Seat, Hall 72, 74, 97 

Seat, Window 67, 68, 104 

Ostermoor Mattress, Built not Stuff ed, 40, 41, 42, 43 

Ostermoor Mattress, Contrasted with Hair, . 20 to 33 

Ostermoor Mattress, Construction and Materials. 

A. Ostermoor Filling, What it is ..... 25, 26 

B. -Formation of Sheets ....... 27 

C. -Ostermoor Method of Building, . . 28,29,40,41,42,43 

D. -Specialization ........ 30, 31 

E. -Evolution . 37 

F. -Imitations of . . . ..... 38 

G. -Label ; for Your Protection ..... 39 



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Index of Contents — Continued 

Ostermoor Mattresses. Pages. 

For Gymnasium Use ........ 73 

For Hospital Use 49, 62, 63, 64, 65 

For Invalid Use 58, 59 

For Yacht and Steamer Use . . . . . 75 to 95 

Flotation Qualities . 76 to 79, 81, 82, 88, 89, 91, 92, 95, 106 

Government Tests 76, 79, 82 

Testimonials of Actual Use, Nearly Every Pag-e, Beginning 28 
Yachts Furnished with . . . ... . 92, 93 

Price Lists, Ostermoor Mattresses. 

As Advertised, $15.00 Kind 129 

Covered with Dust-proof Satin Finish Ticking- . . 130 

Covered with French Mercerized Art Twills . . 131 

Especially Soft 132 to 134 

Extra Thick Imperial Edge . . . 133 to 134 

French Edges, Special 132 

Irregular Shapes, Angres, Corners, etc. .... 128 
Round Corners ........ 128 

Smaller Sizes for Cribs 129 to 133 

Special Coverings, etc 130 to 134 

Price Lists, Ostermoor Pillows and Bolsters. 

Bolsters 127 

Pillows 126 

Price List, Ostermoor Springs. 

Description .......... 123 

For Metal Beds 125 

For Wooden Beds 124 

Sleep, That One-third Our Life. 

As Nature Acts 9 

Food, and its Relation to Life ..... 10 

Importance of ; Its True Value 11 

Life and; Table of 12 

Poverty of ; Through Willful Abuse 13 

Suffering* from Lack of ..... 14 

Ways of Inducing ........ 15 

Specials of Ostermoor Quality. 

Bedsteads {Ask for special book " Built for Sleep") . . 122 

Couch-Chair 100 

Divans 119, 120 121 

Springs ... .... 123, 124, 125 





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SLEEP. 

" The Night-time of the Body and the Day-time of the Soul." 

— Iamblichus. 




of all things, good, sound, restful, beneficial 

sleep — is without doubt the most vital necessity of our very 
existence, and ^f/l that our vitality, our sole life's capital, depends entirely 
upon sleep? ^^-gSS*^^ Every twenty-four hours we go to sleep, and wake up, 
and thus ^S^^ every day we prove nature's wisdom even to the 
smallest details of the immutable laws ever guarding us. 

The body we inhabit is most marvelously constructed. The brain, the highest 
development of the body, a wonderfully complex machine, the seat of thought 
and will, is the controlling motor of our entire bodily mechanism. 

Our individuality, that wonderful, many-sided mystery, without form, matter 
or name, sits in the brain, guiding the body, like a grand central operator with 
millions of wires, controlling an immense electrical system. 

The heart, our engine, works on for ever, providing the power which pumps 
the blood that feeds the brain and makes possible its unceasing work. 

The eyes, danger signals, aided by the nerves, which perceive light, and the 
cars, secondary danger signals, through nerves interpreting sound waves, are the 
sentinels of nature, while the machinery is in op- 
eration. They, with our other senses, taste, 
smell and touch, act as guardians, and when 
we sleep the most vigilant and important 
is last to go off duty, and first to return. 

The onset is gradual, sleep general, 
being made up of many delightful 
little sleeps, premonitory intima- 
tions that nature is preparing to 
take complete possession of our 
body. These little sleeps ob- 
scure each sense and the 
physical and muscular or- 
gans, slowly, separately in 
regular order, one after another, 
until each becomes involved. 
The brain reposes, volition 
ceases, unconsciousness is 
complete, and sleep becomes profound 




We sleep to wake, 

And wake to sleepagain." 
Anonymous. 




^PTW W' E EAT T0 SLEEP— but we sleep to live. The cry for 
M ^L sleep being ever greater than the cry for food, although 

^k A our existence depends upon both, sleep itself is of far greater 

, H at i importance than food. 

h^M mr *& As nas b een proven, a man can go forty days without 

ifej^^T ^^T '^B&t food ! He can live seven days, or even longer, without 
food or water !! He dies in seven days without sleep ! ! ! 
During sleep only, the resting time of consciousness, 
the brain and entire nervous system are in a somnolent 
quiescent state, off duty as it were, and it's then that nature, 
through our complex internal mechanism, does that peculiar 
daily housekeeping on which our very existence depends. 

Does it, too, in a certain orderly co-operative way, curiously following a regu- 
lar method of work both intricate and elaborate, which mysteriously results in the 
conversion, assimilation and absorption of the food we eat into the blood cells 
and tissues of the body, throwing off and repairing all waste, giving just the 
amount of care and nourishment required to all parts of our body, both mental 
and physical, in regular sequence, and thus preserves that just balance — 
vitality — the capital which carries us through life, and by vital force makes 
possible its accomplishment. 

This interchange or renewal of energy so vital to health, occurs much more 
rapidly and thoroughly before midnight than after, because it's then the heart, 
our engine, works along, pumping the blood, carrying the new material and 
removing the waste. 

There is also a greater consumption of oxygen before midnight than after. 
Oxygen is the one thing needed in order that nature's work shall readily and 
healthfully take place. 

The heart gradually runs down in force from the time of 
retiring until arising in the morning. The pulse beats more 
slowly, and less strongly; the vital 
processes are slower; the circula- 
tion becomes more sluggish. 

Therefore, although to many 
the morning nap is particularly re- 
freshing, it is a fact that for pur- 
poses of best recuperation, the old 
adage of "an hour before midnight ^ 
is worth two after it," points uner- 
ringly to the better way physically. 

'Sleep, gentle Sleep, Nature's soft nurse." 
' Sleep that knits up the ravel I'd sleeve of care. " 





S A RACE we sleep far too little. An infant's life is nearly all 
sleep. Gradually, as the child grows older, the hours of 
sleep are shortened to half the day or about twelve hours. 
Youth, until the age of twenty is reached, requires fully 
ten hours sleep. 

Although nature demands less hours of sleep in sum- 
mer than in winter, it has been proven that eight hours of 
sleep is required for the average male adult in good 
health. By this is meant not simply eight hours in bed, 
but that amount of good sound, restful sleep, night after night. 

Men as stated, really need to sleep fully eight hours, and men require less 
sleep than women. When this period is voluntarily limited, the animal part of 
the body secures all the benefit of rest, robbing the brain, the most important of 
all, of its strength and virility. Experience readily verifies this. 

The physical part of the body makes the first demand through nature for 
new force — and a few hours sleep only will invariably repair the ravages of 
physical fatigue ; but the brain and nerve system, unless the sleep be of sufficient 
duration, receives no benefit whatever, and yet all our prosperity depends entirely 
on the quality of work our brain performs. 

Our power to work is intimately related to our ability to sleep, and there is 
no more reliable indication of sound health than the capacity to sleep naturally, 
and the more active and energetic the waking life, the deeper the sleep. 

To expend more nervous energy each day than can be evolved by food and 
sleep, is to become both mentally and physically bankrupt in a short period ; hence 
the absolute necessity of permitting tired nature to have her required time, a good 
eight hours, to properly restore the lost vitality which fully preserves that "just 
balance" called health. 

Woman possesses more nervous excitability 
than man, and therefore requires more sleep 
than man. Her pulse beats five times more 
per minute, than his, yet women can bear 
the loss of sleep far better than men, 
and the length of time they can de- 
vote to night nursing, in response 
to calls of affection or duty, has 
scarcely any limit, and their phys- 
ical recuperation is most rapid. 

* Tired nature's sweet restorer, balmy sleep." 
'For some must watch, while some must sleep. 

So runs the world away. 





ARLY SLEEP IS BETTER than late, because the muscles 
of the brain and other nerve centers recover more quickly 
and thoroughly from strain or exhaustion before midnight 
than they will after, the heart works better, and recuper- 
ation is then more complete. 

Sleep follows the diminution of blood in the cerebral 
vessels. The blood is squeezed out of the brain like water 
from a sponge, and it becomes in a measure bloodless. 
This bloodless condition is indispensable; without it, sleep cannot be induced. 
Wakefulness means a full flow of blood through the brain. Whatever, then, 
tends to withdraw the blood from the brain, tends to produce sleep; with healthy 
persons leading a perfectly normal life, this change is automatic. The blood 
naturally ebbs away from the brain because it is time the brain had a rest, and 
sleep slowly steals away the senses. 

On the other hand, mental strain, worry, over-work, over-eating, and all 
other "overs" which interfere with the even, placid working of the nerves, are 
decidedly detrimental to the function of sleep, and at such time the breathing is 
labored, irregular, and not that deep natural inhalation; which induces sleep. 

More oxygen is consumed, and more needed during sleep, as breathing is 
deeper before midnight than after, therefore the great necessity for plenty of 
fresh, pure air, in order that nature may have all the materials needed during 
her hours of recuperation. 

This requires open windows in sleeping rooms, wide open windows too, if you 
please, with proper protection from draft, for good sleeping means good breath- 
ing, good breathing means good health, good health means good digestion, good 
digestion, that greatest preservative from all ills, both mental and physical. 

Indeed, by far the most common cause of sleeplessness is indigestion in 
its various forms, due in the majority of cases to injured nervous systems; a 

condition unheard of, unrecognized, and absolutely 
unknown and unappreciated during our forefathers' 
less strenuous times one hundred years ago. 

OUR LIFE IS ONE-THIRD SLEEP. 

According to statistics of scientists, the average 
lifetime of 70 years is spent about as follows : 

Sleeping 24 years 9K months 

Working - 16 " 8 " 

Playing 15 " 6 " 

Eating - 6 " 6 " 

Illness - - - I " 5*/ 2 " 

Dressing - - 2 " 1 1 

Waste - - - 2 " 2 




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13 
S ONE SUFFERS through an occasionally empty purse, so one suf- 
fers, both physically and mentally, through occasional lack of 
sleep, and utter destitution pecuniarily can far better be borne 
than the destitution of sleep. 

We begin life with a certain amount of vitality, a certain 

initial vital velocity, the capital which carries us through 

life, and makes possible its accomplishments. 

When we deprive ourselves of sleep, we squander this original 

capital, just as surely as the young spendthrift ruins himself 

financially when he throws away his money ; just so surely do we 

bring upon ourselves irreparable loss through squandering 

our vitality by too little sleep. 

•Sleeplessness is not only the source of much misery and discomfoi 

but it entails upon the sufferer a grievous hardship, in that the battle 

of life must be fought in a maimed condition. 

Day after day, through thoughtless ambition, or with a 
foolish idea of self-control, many compel themselves to sleep too 
little, and so recklessly injure their chances in life, and ruin their 
self-poise, that they are unable when the opportunity arises, to 
seize it with the vigor of a clear brain. 

Deprived of the nightly restoration of potential energy, the brain grows 
weary, and one's whole mental and physical vigor becomes impaired. Persistence 
in striving to work, under these circumstances, only encroaches upon that fund 
of reserved force and leads eventually to total nervous and physical bankruptcy. 
No man can deprive himself of sleep, or sleep irregularly, without suffering 
permanently, or without greatly compromising his health and seriously diminishing 
his chances of success in this world; so don't cheat your brains 
by too little sleep. Without sleep we are nothing. Sleep 




makes for success. It is a life giver and a life saver as 
well, and the most precious of all our possessions 
Without it, we are as nothing. Its loss means 
despair and failure, both mental and physical ; J t 
so guard it well, for it is worth guarding. 

God give me sleep — the night is worn away ; 
Soon from the East will come relentless Day — 
Day, that will summon me to strive again 
With strong, resourceful, eager, selfish men. 
I, with spent nerves and brain long robbed of rest, 
Must face the fight they enter on with zest. 
Fame, fortune, all is staked ! How shall I keep 
My foothold? Help me, O thrice-blessed Sleep ! 





14 

E CONTROL our own destiny, our every movement; it's 

all entirely volitional on our part. And yet many go 

through life casting aside golden opportunities that 

rarely come again, or if favored with an encore, through 

lack of self-knowledge fail to seize the chance, and thus 

ignorant of self and life, go on groping in the dark. 

So it is with sleep and its value to our physical well-being, 

its proper environment, and our inability to secure all its 

true worth, either through ignorance or a disinclination to 

seek out truths, following only habit, tradition, or what others have done, like 

the instinct of animals; instead of searching for the why and wherefore, and aiming 

at the best in life and sleep. 

The prodigal abuse of sleep through spendthrift use is akin to life — as we 
make or mar it for ourselves. It's all in our own hands, so beware the danger of 
sleeplessness, for what at first may be only an occasional bad night, so often sud- 
denly develops a sleeplessness that refuses to be conquered. 

The victims of sleeplessness dread bedtime, for unhappily it means long 
restless staring into the darkness, fretting over the troubles, worries and excite- 
ment of the day; when self-control is gone, troubles are magnified, all pleasures 
seem trite, every single nerve tingles, and life itself seems everything else but 
"one grand sweet song." 

Chronic sleeplessness spells insomnia, that dreadful, baffling, almost incurable 
disease, which so rapidly paves the way for melancholia and all sorts of mental 
distress. The most vital question, therefore, certainly the most practical one, is 
how to promote and preserve the function of sleep against such disturbance. 

The first thing is to remember that wakeful- 
ness and not sleep usually means a full flow of 
blood to the brain. 

Whatever, then, assists in draining the 
blood from the cerebral 
region, ought to aid 




in inducing drowsi- 
ness, and drowsiness 
is but a step to sleep. 
Authorities agree 
that this may be 
readily accomplish- 
ed by a hot foot or 
sitz bath, a quick 
cold sponge, or a 
i^lass of hot milk. 



Cervantes Says: — 

Now, blessings light on 
him who first invented 
sleep! Sleep which covers 
a man all over, thoughts 
and all, like a cloak; a'nd is 
meat for the hungry, drink 
for the thirsty, heat for the 
cold, and cold for the hot. 
Sleep is the current coin that 
purchases all the pleasures 
of the world cheap, and the 
balance that sets the king 
and shepherd, the fool and 
the wise man, even. 




15 
iN UNCOMFORTABLE BED will induce insomnia in the 
healthiest, serenest person. It is more often the cause of 
those twin torments, sleeplessness ami wakefulness, even 
than indigestion. Indeed, barring indigestion, that im- 
poverisher of sleep, the primal cause of all our ills, both 
mental and physical, and which so insidiously undermines 
even the strongest constitution, nothing so quickly or so 
radically destroys sleep, or prevents that perfect relaxation 
conducive to sleep, as an uneasy bed. 
An absolutely even, elastic surface, springy yet firm, is the necessary quality 
of a good bed; one that is non-absorbent of moisture or emanations of the bod) , 
that is clean and healthful and non-heating, is the great desideratum; and yet, 
how rare a luxury is such a bed. 

A good bed is a physical necessity. Good habits are as important. Get the 
sleep habit. Seek sleep, don't let it seek you. Prepare for sleep at the proper 
time, place yourself in a restful position, upon a firm, soft mattress, which sup- 
ports every ounce of your weight and your muscles none of it. 

Relax thoroughly at the very first. Lie limply as you can on your left side. 
The unusual weight on the heart will quiet its action, and tend to decrease its 
activity, and thus also that of the brain. Retain this position until you find that 
the world is getting hazy, and strange, foolish, drowsy, incoherent ideas creep 
into your mind; in other words, until your senses begin to go to sleep. 

If you can possibly catch yourself 
just as the sleepy moment comes 
on, turn on your right side, 
and you will have no dif- 
ficulty in sleeping most 
h a p p i 1 y and healthfully 
through the entire night. 

You will find that this 
simple way of inducing 
sleep will soon become a 
habit. In some cases by 
steady practice, through 
nightly repetition, it has 
been known to cure sleep- 
lessness altogether. 



' bed ! bed ! delicious bed I 

That heaven upon earth to the weary head '." 




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HE SLEEPING PLACE has always played an important 
part in human life. Its history and evolution is exceedingly 
interesting. Antiquity began with leaves, then used the 
skins of beasts to seek creature comfort. 

Beds at first consisted only of coarse, stuffed pillows, 

or cushions, thrown or piled in a corner. Later cushions 

were placed on shelves or seats at end or side of room, 

■^^*" serving as seats by day, and beds at night. Finally a 

place was built more elevated than a seat to receive a stuffed cushion, and this 

became the usual mode of sleeping. 

In course of time, these elevations were made movable by the Egyptians, and 
from all records found, appear to have been narrow and of single width only — 
really half couch, half bed. These were exquisitely fashioned from wood, bronze, 
copper, even ivory, gold and silver ; gradually increasing luxuries on such a 
magnificently, collossal scale, during that zenith of luxuries which immediately 
preceded the fall of Rome, and which the world has never since seen equaled. 
The Romans considered eating and sleeping the Alpha and Omega of life. 
The table and the couch became incomparable luxuries. Evidence their prodig- 
ality by Gabius Apicius, who after 
spending over $4,000,000 on the 
elegancies of his table alone, hanged 
himself rather than "face starv- 
ation on such a miserable pit- 
tance " as he called the $400,000 
remaining of his large fortune. 

After the consequent confusion 
resulting from the utter destruction of 
the Second Roman Empire, every- 
thing was chaotic, living again became 
most primitive, and furnishings were 
of the simplest description, comprising 
but the barest of necessities. A bench," 
a chest, and a few skins were all the 
household goods of the masses. The 
chest held the stores of coarse linen, 
and was used as a seat or table by day, 
serving as bed at night, with the ad- 
dition of skins. 



Shakespeare's Historic "Great Bed of Ware" 

Completed by Jonas T'osbrooke for King Edward IV, in 1463. 
This wonderful bed is now in Rye House, Roxbury, England. 





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OMFORT, sleep comfort, during the middle ages was unknown. 
Civilization became slowly re-established. The couch chest 
grew into the " Beddstock," at first but a movable sleeping 
structure, crude in style. Ornamentation gradually followed. 
Finally, the bedstead was built into a corner of the room. 
Then a movable section was set apart and built up for sleep- 
ing purposes, simple curtains being added as a screen, and 
here the first known double bed appeared. 
The bed, thus evolved from a most meagre showing, was the first real luxury 
of the home and became greatly cherished for its artistic value and beauty. 

The social position or aspirations of a particular family was centered upon 
and recognized in accordance with the stateliness of their bedstead, which 
dominated all other household furniture in character, cost and importance. 

The size grew enormous. Each home of any pretension contained a pro- 
digious bedstead, upon which slept the man, his wife, his children, his guests, 
and even the stranger who asked for hospitality. 

Royalty also sanctioned the custom, and a guest welcomed at castle or 
chateau could receive no greater honor than to occupy the same bed with the 
lord and his lady. 

In Feudal 
times nearly 
every m a nor 
house and 
castle contain- 
ed a T r i n i t y 
lied, really 
three in one, 
all component 
p arts of one 
c o m p 1 e t e 
whole. 

The " Trinity Bed " 

1st.— The Bed of State, 
usei 1 by the lord, his lady, 
and immediate family. 
2nd. — A lower bed upon 
which their attendants 
slept. 

3rd. — A still lower bed, 
drawing from under- 
neath the second, like a 
trundle bed, used by the 
servants. 



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THE TWELFTH CENTURY appeared the first high post 
canopy top bedstead, separate, movable, hung with hand- 
some embroidered curtains, a thing of beauty, imposing and 
important. 

Early in the Fourteenth Century, all bedsteads sup- 
ported the mattress by cords or straps attached to the frame- 
work; before that the bed had a solid bottom. 

Slats were first used early in the Sixteenth Century, and 
the canopy top bedstead began to be made so high, that it 
was provided with a pair of steps to enable the occupant to get in or out. 

They were so made with many variations until the early part of the Eighteenth 
Century, when these, together with the severe yet graceful lines of the French 
Empire, merging into those of Chippendale and Sheraton, set the stamp upon the 
early Colonial " four-posters " of America, now so rarely seen. 

Bedsteads of today are mostly brass, or metal trimmed with brass, and are 
certainly far more desirable than those of wood, however elegantly carved or 
decorated ; but the bedstead is merely the setting, the mattress is the real bed, 
the jewel; the bedstead and spring, a modern innovation, being merely supports 
for the mattress. They may be richly sumptuous in elaboration and cost, or of 
the utmost simplicity, without adding to or destroying the sleep-inducing quality 
of the mattress. 

The mattress is far more intimately related to our daily life than any other 
household article made, and it's the very one of all with which we come in closest 
possible personal contact during fully one-third of each day. 

The material from which it is constructed — its fitness, its comfort, its purity 
and healthfulness — is of the very utmost importance, and should be selected 

with the greatest possible care 
and attention. 

The importance of the bed, 
as the mattress was called in 
the Sixteenth Century, is 
shown by Dr. Johnson's trans- 
lation of the following cele- 
brated rhyme, which was 
written by Isaac de Benserade 
two hundred and fifty years 
ago. 

In bed we laugh, in bed we cry, 

And born in bed In bed we die. 

The near approach a bed may show 

Of human bliss to human woe. 





19 
ONSIDERING the importance of the sleeping place, its fitting 
and environment, and the progress of the Century in other 
directions, it is both astonishing and unaccountable that 
the mattress should have received so little attention, espe- 
cially in an age that has made such strides in the study of 
personal hygiene, and the proven origin of germ infections. 
How many forms of the commoner infectious diseases 
and complicated skin affections, which are the " bete noir " 
of medical practice everywhere, have their origin and source 
in the saturated, unsunned and unsanitary mattresses on which we spend so 
much of our time, on which we are born, and on which we die, is a pathological 
conundrum that no statistician has as yet attempted to solve. 

Of all materials employed for fillings in making mattresses, except among 
the very poor, horse hair has been by far the most com- 
monly used during the past Century. Prior to hair, 
feathers were used for many years, and were £ 
considered the very best ; although they 
are really, in every sense, the poorest. 
Feathers are soft and warm, entirely 
too soft and warm, and are without any 
redeeming feature. The feather beds of 
our great grandmothers, than which there 
is nothing more abominably unhygienic, 
saturated with the emanations of half a 
dozen generations, perfect charnal houses 
of filth, were handed down for years as price- 
less luxuries. Feather beds, however, became 
gradually recognized as undesirable, and slowly 
but surely the hair mattress became in turn the 

" best " obtainable, gradually superseding feathers on account of its greater desir- 
ability and mistakenly supposed cleanliness. 

All other fillings, consisting of the various cheap substitutes for hair, 
ranging all the way from the straw of the country, excelsior of the city, 
corn husks, hay etc. — to the more pretentious vegetable fibres, like sea 
grass, pine bark, moss, silk floss — adnaseum, kapok, etc. — are most of 
them, comparatively, although by no means entirely wholesome. 

Many of these pseudo articles often masquerade, however, under 
high-sounding titles to conceal their humble origin, or their identity, and 
especially when mixed, are rarely pure, for this very admixture of other 
still cheaper substances but adds to their impurities. At best they are all 
simply evolutions — worthless pretences, and not suggestive of slumber, 
repose, solace or thrift. 




Diamond Beds. 

"What're ye readin' 'bout?" 
asked Mrs. Hayseed. 

" Di'mund beds in Africa," 
replied her husband. 

" Deary me! It does beat all 
how much luxury these people 
manages ter crowd inter a life- 
time. But I don't envy 'em. 
Not a bit. I don't ask for no 
greater comfort in the way o' 
sleepin' than plain old-fash- 
ioned feather beds in winter 
and straw mattresses in sum- 
mer.' ' — Pea r son's. 




F ALL MATERIALS, feathers, the most heating, most objec- 
tionable of all fillings, used on the old four-posters of our 
grand fathers, were considered the best obtainable. Users 
of horse hair were possessed of the same peculiar fallacy; 
but feathers, once considered the best, have proven in 
every case not merely the poorest, but the worst. Horse 
hair is far cooler, but without any other redeeming feature 
than its original "spring," and that favoring feature is 
entirely due to artificial curl, produced mechanically. 

Genuine horse hair, the best of which comes from the manes and tails of South 
American horses, is an animal fibre from which it is impossible to expel the natural 
animal secretions, and, owing to its porous, sac like nature, attracting and hold- 
ing tenaciously myriad flakes of dust and minute atomic particles of impurities, 
which, microscopically examined, would fill the average person with horror untold. 
This foul matter clings not only to the outside of the hair, but enters and 
thoroughly saturates it ; the process by which it is treated — 
washing, steaming, scalding and baking — removes the dust 
but does not clean it ; while scalding and baking if carried 
too far ruins the hair commercially, renders it brittle 
and hard, and absolutely destroys all elasticity. 

GERMS IN IMPORTED HAIR. 
Sing Sing Convict Attacked with a Rare Trouble Peculiar to Animals. 

Dr. R. T. Irvine, physician at the Sing Sing prison, has a rare case under 
treatment in the prison hospital. It is that of maligna, and the patient is 
John Culleton, aged 28, of Flatbush, L. I. 

The attack is a common one in South America among cattle 
worked in the curled hair industry in the prison. The hair used 
comes from South America. About two weeks ago he had a 
pimple on his neck and rubbed it. At the time he must 
have had some of the germs under his nail, gathered while 
handling the curled hair. i j 

The man is now paralyzed on his entire left side. 
The attack is generally fatal, but the doctor thinks his 
patient will pull through. — JV. Y. World, Dec. IS, 18%. 

Egbert Guernsey, M, D., New York. 

180 Central Park South, 
Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. January 21, 1903. 

1.1 mi hen:— My opinion after twenty-eight years' use of 
Ostermoor Mattresses is that too much cannot be said in their 
praise. 

In fioint of contrast they are far better than the best , urled 
hair, infinitely more durable and much superior in cleanliness. 

The Middletown State Hospital adopted them at ray sug- 
gestion. The Hudson River Women's Reformatory, at that of my 

Wife, who was Commissioner, and the Hahnemann Hospital as 
well. We use them throughout my house. 

Yours truly, E . GUERNSEY 



Culleton 




Copyright 

1904 

Ostermoor & Co 




THE HAIR ON THE HEAD OF A WOMAN is certainly far pure, 
sweeter, cleaner than the hair from the tail of a horse; and yet, can you 
fancy sleeping on a mattress made from human hair — even though naturally 
curly — therefore having a natural, not a mechanical "spring"? Would not a 
shudder of repulsion creep over and possess you with the nauseating thoughts 
of its horrid incongruity ? 

Why, if human hair was used fur the making of mattresses, how extremely 
careful you would be — demanding to know whence the hair was gathered, how, 
when, why, whose? And in spite of the dealer's declaration, that they contained 
naught but "virgin tresses fragrant as the breath of spring," a guarantee would 
be required, signed by the Board of Health, as to its sanitary condition. Nothing 
could dispel visions of untold disease, the morgue and hospital; and the horrors 
of contagion from bacilli would ever be present in one's dream. And yet a horse- 
hair mattress is in reality far more dangerously unclean than a mattress of human 
hair; for horse hair, coming from tropical countries where malignant diseases 
abound, can never be thoroughly cleansed, and many cases of fatal contagion 
occur, that do not become public, owing to their peculiarly malignant character. 

CATTLE DISEASE ATTACKS HUMAN BEING. 
Workman in Baltimore Hair Factory Suffering from Anthrax. 

August Hanneman, of 414 South Smallwood Street, was found yesterday to be suffering from Anthrax. The 
disease is a rare one in this part of the country among cattle, and a rarer one still among human beings. 

Anthrax is a contagious disease, contracted through its germs coming in contact with the blood. The dis.Msi , 
a most dangerous one, usually ends in blood poisoning, and kills its victim unless a great resisting power is manifest. 
The germ is the largest known to medical science. 

Hanneman was employed in a Northeast Baltimore hair factory, became infected while handling hair, as he 
has an abrasion of the skin. The poison caused a swelling of the neck glands after it worked through his system. 
The swelling was followed by the formation of blisters and the hardening of the tissues. 

The health authorities have ordered an examination of the hair factory in which Hanneman worked for fear 
that other germs may be lurking therein. — Baltimore Herald, March 8, 1904. 




lAIR makes a fairly comfortable mattress at first, but soon becomes 

dusty, matted, foul and filthy, and its small organic cells are filled 

with unclean matter every time there is a rain of perspiration from 

the body. It breeds both vermin and disease, and is a constant 

menace to cleanliness and health. 

At the present time this is especially the case, owing to the keen 
competition of the manufacturers, who have forced into use all the 
filthy and ill-smelling scrapings of the tan yards, the refuse of the 
abbatoir, and additions of former discards, together with various 
mixtures of other waste for the purpose of reducing cost, the great 
desideratum; so that today it is not how genuine or how good a hair mattress 
can be made, but how cheap. 

Daily cheapening is making of the hair mattress nothing more nor less than 
a makeshift. Even when made from the best quality of hair, if you can find a 
best, however soft and springy at first, it soon loses elasticity, gathers dirt and 
dust, for the natural oil of the hair most tenaciously holds all impurities. 

A hair mattress requires frequent renovation to keep it in even a fairly clean 
and comfortable state, is a constant source of expense and annoyance, and on 
the whole, unsatisfactory, unhygienic and unhealthy, and is being rapidly dis- 
carded by all who understand its obnoxious character, and will shortly be as great 
a relic of the past as the old feather bed. 

Really the thoughtlessness 
even the ignorance of many 
sicians on this subject of beddins 
is astonishing. For instance, 
a prominent physician, a 
recognized authority on hy- 
giene at that, states in a 
recent magazine article: 

" Genuine curled hair, de- 
rived from the tails of neat cat- 
tle, and the tails and manes of 
horses, when thoroughly cleansed 
and made aseptic, makes good mat- 
tresses and pillows that are immeas- 
urably superior to feathers." 

Can you picture neatcattl 
The absurdity of it! Asept 
cattle tails! Sterilized und 
glass, possibly? Surely another 
case "where ignorance is bliss." 




A Future 

Relic of the Past 



23 




HEY SLEEP WELL, who know not that they sleep ill. And 
yet, is it wise to go through life without knowing ? 

In these days of physical culture and personal hygiene, 

and that tending to daily betterment of manhood and 

womanhood, which is upbuilding the coming generation to 

a higher and greater physical standard, sleep and the care 

of the body while asleep must receive the proper attention 

due its pregnancy. 

Every person is a living machine, constantly in motion, while asleep or awake. 
The pure air we breathe is the lubricant that keeps the machine running smoothly. 
Nature provides a change of air for the lungs from sixteen to twenty thousand 
times per day, to maintain the even working of the heart — the machine which 
pumps the blood that feeds the brain, and makes possible nature's daily work 
we call life. It is most necessary, therefore, that sleep should have its proper 
setting, and every possible appliance conducive to its perfect accomplishment. 

Our standards of personal cleanliness hereto- 
fore, while highly placed, have been quite inade- 
quate as to bedding and unworthy its importance. 
But the prejudice that "hair is best," like the 
tradition of the desirability of feathers, and tra- 
dition is almost prejudice itself, has now been 
overcome, and investigation is rapidly forcing 
a marked change for the better. 

It is already an accepted fact among thought- 
ful people, that a mattress filled with a contami- 
nating animal fibre does not harmonize with the 
trappings of a clean and wholesome bed, any 
more than a foul or polluted smoke laden atmosphere is in keeping with the 
surroundings of an otherwise healthful sleeping apartment. The merits of the 
Ostermoor Mattress — a genuine sleep inducer of undoubted purity — are fully proven, 
and as the mattresses stuffed with hair displaced the feather beds of old, so now 

in turn is the dirty, dusty hair being rapidly dis- 
carded in favor of the greater comfort, purity and 
wholesomeness of the Ostermoor Mattress, which 
is "built," not "stuffed," with a hand-hud 
sheeted filling, made from a very elastic, abso- 
lutely pure, germ-proof, dust-proof, vegetable 
fibre, that has proven superior in every possible 
way and been found better than the best of hair 
or any other filling obtainable, as demonstrated 
by many severe tests. 

A good morning — "Ostermoor." 




A bad night- 



Hair. 





24 

RRIAN, THE HISTORIAN, in 327 B. C, in relating a voyage 
through the Indian Ocean of Nearchus, an Admiral in the 
Navy of Alexander the Great, states he found the people 
wore fine shirts reaching below their knees, also head wrap 
pings of a substance whiter and finer than flax, which grows 
on trees, and is used freshly picked as bed "stuffings." 

Herodotus, another historian, in writing of the Hin- 
doos, 484 B. C, states they possessed a sheep plant which 
produced wool of a finer and better quality than a sheep, and of it make their 
clothes, and "stuff their sleep bags." 

Sir John Mandeville, an English traveler, in 1366, returning to his home — after 
34 years of travel through all the then known world, stated that beyond far 
Cathay, even India, in a kingdom called Caldeya, there grew a vegetable lamb 
with wool outside, a great marvel — exhibiting a sketch of the wonder. 

Baron von Herberstein, of the Court of Maximilian, also records a similar 
account, stating that from a seed there grows a plant 
2 x /2 feet high in the exact form of a lamb. It is rooted 
by a stem in the middle, and has an exceedingly soft 
covering of white wool. 

Cotton was first grown in Egypt, many centuries 
ago, according to Pliny; in East India, according to 
others, and was long after introduced into China on 
account of its beautiful flowers, an obscure manuscript 
stating that the Emperor's bed was stuffed with cotton 
in 100 A. D., although even then it was but little known, 
as Marco Polo, the celebrated Venetian traveler, does not mention cotton in his 
works, although writing of China at that time. 

Cotton was first introduced into Spain by Abdurrahmah the Great, in the 
Tenth Century. The first importation from Egypt to England was during the 

reign of Mahomet Ali Pascha, in 1823. Although found 
growing wild in this country, in what is now Mississippi 
in 1620, it did not become an article of cultivation un- 
til 1621, in Virginia, and yet Magellan, while recording 
his wonderful voyage in 15 19, states he found the Bra- 
zilians using cotton for making beds! 

In 1790 we began exporting cotton to England, and 
our production has increased so enormously, that while 
we only produced one million bales (500 lbs. each) in 
1834 — 70 years ago, today we grow ten times that 
T , ral , ,„ v t u, t . quantity, in fact three-quarters of all the cotton grown 

I he Caldeyan Vegetable Lamb. l J ■> 1 c> 

After Sir John Mandeville. throughout the World. 




Lamb Seed Plant. 
After Baron von Herberstein. 





25 

k HE MATERIALS from which the mattress is constructed 
are more vitally important than is generally recognized by 
the average sleeper, or even by the highest authorities on 
hygiene and sanitation. Physicians only cursorily dwell upon 
this subject, and have given it by far too little thought. 
In health, we spend fully one-third of our lives in bed — far 
too many invalids all their weary hours — and yet we passively 
continue the use of whatever material habit, tradition or in- 
heritance may have handed down for a mattress filling, utterly regardless of its 
sanitary or unsanitary qualities, although during sleep the pores of the skin are 
all wide awake, wide open as it were, and ripe for 
the absorption of germs. 

Therefore, a germ-proof mattress is an absolute 
necessity. This requires a non-absorbent filling of 
positive purity, and one that will remain uncontamin- 
ated under all conditions. 

Cotton is undoubtedly the purest filling obtainable. 
Being a vegetable fibre, it has none of those horribly 
objectionable features like hair. Of far greater resi- 
liency than hair, having a natural spring, it is readily 
sterilized and made non-absorbent owing to its pecu- 
liarly complicated fibrous formation. It is hygienic and sanitary, and the coolest 
material known, non-heating, a non-conductor as well, and peculiarly cool tot- 
summer use. 

Cotton was used for stuffing Cushions in Egypt, in the days of Menes, nearly seven centuries ago. 
Frequent mention of its use is made by historians. It was then known as Kurpas ; its origin a 
mystery. Centuries later, but little understood, it was called "vegetable lamb" or "plant wool." 





One of our own Cotton Fields. 




OTTON— not simply cotton and nothing more — but cotton 
mixed with brains, a fabric evolved from cotton, that is 
no more like original cotton than the finest cloth is like 
original wool, makes the celebrated Ostermoor, that un- 
rivaled mattress filling. We use only an exceedingly high 
grade of fully matured cotton, having unusually long, tough 
fibres of great strength and resiliency, botanically known as 
Gossypium Herbaceum. Our standard of quality secured, 
the fibres pass a rigid inspection, being most carefully tested for that first 
essential, elastic strength and requisite length of fibre. 

They must also be fully matured, or the valuable 
protection from all impurities and atmospheric 
changes given each fibre by that outer skin 
may be entirely lost from imperfect growth. 
Absolute purity is our especial pride ; pure 
originally, we make cotton purity itself by our 
treatment, all developments are made under 
the most rigid precautions as to cleanliness, tt| 
that extreme cleanliness which is a part of purity. ^= 

We are remarkably careful in manipulation 
to enhance and preserve the original purity and 
eliminate every trace of even the minor vegetable oils 
and all bacteria, microbes, germs, etc., while aging, 
curing, cleaning and preparing the fibres for use, not only by the most approved 
sterilization, but also by an especially adapted system of air filtration with 

m, as through various processes, 
passes forward to completion. 

Cotton is one of nature's marvels and a far 
more complicated structure than is generally 
understood. 

Microscopically examined it presents the 
appearance of a collapsed tube with corded 
edges, tightly curled or twisted spirally its 
entire length, like an elongated spring, and is 
composed of four distinct parts: 

1.— The inner tube, resembling the core of 
a (mill, 

2.— Which contains the spiral center above 
described, 

3. -This tube being again enclosed within an 
crter tube of cellulose. 

4. -The whole is further protected and com- 
pletely covered by an encircling skin, or en- 
swathing sheath of hard white varnish, really 
cotton wax, — a shell-like, non-absorbent guard 
against all impurities. 

Baling and Shipping Depot. 






27 

HE FINAL TEST for tensile strength of fibre and prepara- 
tion complete, the filling as nearly perfect as human hands 
and almost human complicated machinery built by the 
ingenuity of great experts can make it, is the only filling 
known that, unlike hair, is absolutely germ-proof, dust-proof, 
moth-proof, vermin-proof, water-proof, and so absolutely 
dry that it is free even from the water of hydration, and 
so entirely non-absorbent it will float. 
After all this preliminary preparation, which covers far more work and exacting 
labor than you can imagine, or than is easy to describe, it is made into sheets 
for the purpose of making an enduringly perfect filling of everlasting elasticity, 
so that a hand-laid mattress can be built up therefrom. 

Judge the value of these sheets by the amount of labor required 
to make them. The already carefully prepared material is lightly 
blown apart and thoroughly worked and beaten by frictional rotary 
air pressure into loose, flaky sheets, all the while undergoing the in- 
tensest heat, thus preserving unbroken, unstrained, each separate 
fibre we took such pains to cure and treat. 

These sheets are slowly and evenly drawn over drums, and re- 
drawn or spun over cards, while the fibres are being straightened 
and stretched to their utmost tensibility, and at last are carded over 
great giant complex machines, during which certain action is 
brought to bear which shrinks or contracts the tensibility, thus 
naturally curving the fibres. Now, passing along over open cylin- 
drical revolving hoops, twin sheets are formed one over the other, the fibres of 
which unite, each joining or interlacing one within the other through natural curl 
or spring, and these coalesce into the first perfect single sheet. 

A few more revolutions to increase thickness, and at last appear those won- 
derfully elastic, beautiful, light, airy, interlacing, fibrous sheets of Ostermoor, 

virginal in purity, absolutely sanitary, 
perfectly non-absorbent, 
which made day in, day 
out, year in, year 
out, during over 
fifty years of ever 
constant better- 
ment, has revolu- 
tionized the art of 
mattress making, 
and made the name 
of Ostermoor famous. 



Magnified section of 
pressed Ostermoor 



a corn- 
sheet. 




Ostermoor Sheets at Cutting Table. 



28 




with the Osterrrioor 



OMPARE the vast superiority of the Ostermoor sheeted 
filling over hair, which is still further enhanced by the un- 
usual method of making an Ostermoor Mattress. A " hand- 
laid" filling "built" in layers, not "stuffed" like hair, makes 
the Ostermoor Mattress peerlessly perfect in shapeliness 
and elasticity, and evenly soft in every spot. Unlike hair 
these merits are enduring, it is practically un-wear-out- 
able, first cost being last and only cost for years to come. 
By the Ostermoor, and no other method of making, 
" hand-laid sheeted filling," and no other filling, is this 
possible. That's why the name of Ostermoor made the mattress famous. 

In making a hair mattress, the tick, cut any old way — no attention being 
paid to matching pattern or stripe — is sewn up and completed all but one end 
like a bag with an open end, and into this bag the mattress maker " stuffs "the 
hair, never evenly, easily displaced, tufting alone shifting and bunching it. Does 
the picture appeal to you ? Surely not. 

Contrast with this primitive method of work, the extraordinary care used in 
building an Ostermoor Mattress. Our method requires that the ticking cover be 
cut in a peculiar way, not only that, but cut to match pattern, top, bottom, 
sides and ends, and stripes or pattern seamed to match both border and top — on 
this detail we insist — and it's all such details that count. The Ostermoor cover, 
unlike the hair bag, is only partially made, the borders are set on and double 
stitched, the top being left open and folded back like the lid of a box or trunk. 

(Continued next page. ) 




Stuffing a Hair Mattress. 



Norton, Bristol Co., Mass. 

February (5, 1901. 
Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. 

Gentlemen : — My first experience with an Ostermoor 
Mattress was in 1880, when I spent the winter in Boston. 
I always supposed it was an unusually fine quality curled 
hair, and often remarked I never saw so good a bed. 
At length I espied a label upon end of mattress witli your 
firm name on it, stating the material of which it was made 
and your wonderful guarantee not to mat. 

This led me into purchasing an Ostermoor mattress 
lohich, during the past tiventy-one years, has given us 
more and more satisfaction each day, and is today just 
its coed as the day it was ///ado. 

You made our church pew cushions, and I must say 
they are just as satisfactory today as when we first used 
them. Ostermoor mattresses and cushions certainly do 
not mat down as does hair, and are everlastingly soft, 
clean and comfortable. 

Respectfully yours, 

E. B. WHEATON 



2g 




Into this well-made, box-like cover, the Ostermoor sheets of natural springy 
softness, fully two and a half inches in thickness, purity itself, are laid one over the 
other by the hands of experts, until the required thickness be obtained, and then 
gently compressed to about one-fifth the original thickness, thus deftly incorpo- 
rating or interlacing the whole billowy mass into one sheet of uniform thickness 
throughout, which is then daintily enclosed in tick entirely by hand, and hand- 
sewn within across both ends and one entire side; see pages 40, 41, 42, 43. Thus, 
all the softness being most evenly distributed, every square inch possesses exactly 
the same resilience and elasticity, no formation of bunchy lumps or hollows, nor 
matting down, for shifting of filling is an utter impossibility. 

Thus is achieved that high standard of "hand-laid" construction, so dif- 
ferent from the usual mattress making, enhancing so greatly the value of the perfect 
Ostermoor filling, which together with that exacting detailed finish; that minute 
accuracy in tufting — each tuft of same space and tightness of tension ; that care- 
ful stitching and boxing of border; that wonderfu' blending of brains, skill and 
materials so all too briefly described, which results in the upbuilding of that perfect 
whole, that incomparable sleep inducer — the Ostermoor Mattress, which unlike 
hair is exceedingly soft and elastic, besides being absolutely pure, dust-proof, 
germ-proof, vermin-proof and water-proof. 



E. H. Gregory. M. D., St. Louis, Mo. 

3525 Lucus Ave, March 10, 1904. 
Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. 

Dear Siks: — Ostermoor Mattresses have been in 
use in my house since 1877. During these twenty-seven 
year* they have constantly grown in favor, remaining 
always the same, requiring no remaking. I think them 
far superior to hair in every way. 

Hair beingan animal fibre — is sanitarily unclean, 
and uncleanable — while I have proven Ostermoor mat- 
tresses to be what you claim — purity itself. 

They unquestionably make the most comfortable, 
the cleanest, and the most wholesome beds. 
Yours truly, 

E H. GREGORY 





3° 
STERMOOR MATTRESSES are built, not stuffed, and the Oster- 
moor method of mattress building remedies all the faults so com- 
mon in other mattresses and is absolutely the only mattress so 
built on the market, and the only mattress that does not require re- 
novation. We build as many mattresses in a week as most manu- 
facturers stuff in a year, and guarantee our cheapest mattress at 
$15.00 to be better by far than others can possibly stuff at $50.00. 
Other manufacturers hire men for general all-around work, 
mattress makers who stuff, stitch, tuft, etc. — in fact one man, a mattress maker, 
who does all the work upon the mattress except making or sewing the tick. 

The Ostermoor system of mattress building is radically different. Each mat- 
tress passes through the hands of at least twenty different operators, some men, 
some women, which ever is best fitted for the 
work, and they are given sufficient time to 
properly complete each portion of their labor, 
and do it well. 

Perfection of work is our hobby. Our 
whole system is built upon that plan of individ- 
ual specialization which secures absolute per- 
fection. This means expert services; to secure 
which we divide the work in branches, the 
branches in parts, and put one person only at 
work on each particular part, that part in which 
they excel, and they do nothing else but that 
one thing hourly, daily, yearly, in many cases, 
as their parents have done before them, during 
the past fifty years ; as the entire work through- 
out our factory has been so specialized, for 
nearly fifty of the fifty-one years we have been making mattresses, during which 
time we have made the building of mattresses a science! 




'His occupation gone". — An Ostermoor 
Mattress needs no renovation. 



Watkinson Juvenile Asylum and Farm School, Hartford, Conn. 

Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. Albany Ave., P. O. Box 965, March 1. 1004. 

Gentlemen: — It is twenty-three years since I first fitted out a dormitory with Ostermoor Mattresses, and all 
additional mattresses since, except four I was induced to purchase on the claim that they were equal to yours, and a 
trifle less in price. None of these four are in existence now, while the first and all that came from you are as good as new. 

Our beds are occupied by boys from twelve to twenty years of age, who wear them very hard, and two years ago 
we took off ' t he ticks for a thorough washing, ami your mattresses went together without a single exception in perfect 
order, while the four I speak of went to pieces, so that we could do nothing with them. 

For durability and cleanliness toe cannot find their equals and no bed is more comfortable. 

Soon after my first purchase of you, I replaced hair mattresses in my own house with Ostermoor Mattresses, and 
to show you how well we like them, after using them so long without any repairs or renovation of any kind, it is a 
common expression, both by my wife and myself , when we spend a night away from home, " How I wish we had 
our Ostermoor mattress with us." Yours faithfully, 

E. B. SMEAD, Principal 




3i 
STERMOOR SPECIALIZATION shortens time, and time means 
money in mattress making. Each specialist doing but the 
one thing they do best soon become experts, do it better and 
far quicker than it can possibly be done by others. 

Ten different branches are each grouped under one pro- 
fessional head in that expert construction, constituting the 
Ostermoor Hand-Laid System, which requires eight additional 
individual operations by specialized experts to complete. 
All these experts command the highest salaries, salaries that 
are prohibitive to the average mattress manufacturer, who knows nothing and 
cares less as to the training or treatment of expert work people, and seeks only 
for cheap labor to cheapen cost, for with him it is not how good a mattress can 
be made, but how cheap. 

Ostermoor Mattresses are not the usual kind that most people consider good 
enough; not the cheap kind, dear at any price, but cheaper in the end by far than 
the cheapest of all; they are the different kind — the better kind — of a quality 
not obtainable elsewhere at any price. Quality only bears the Ostermoor Label. 
Ostermoor-quality. One suggests the other. Not a mattress for one taste, but 
for all tastes. Not for one pocket, but for all pockets. An underpriced luxury. 
An Ostermoor un-wear-out-able money's worth. 



Imitation of an 
Ostermoor Mattress 
"A Hopeless Task." 



Discouraging to 
Hair Mattress 
Renovators. 





32 

; ONE LONG SLEEP. An Ostermoor Mattress ends all sleep 
troubles, and makes the way infinitely smoother, brighter, and more 
comfortable during one-third the journey at least. 

The first cost of an Ostermoor Mattress is the last and only 
cost. It will never cost you a cent for repairs of any kind, and will 
not mat or pack like hair, nor need to be made over just every so 
often like the hair mattress, which ever becomes an increasing 
source of expense, until even remaking is impossible, and the 
purchase of a new mattress becomes an absolute necessity. 

The change from a dirty, dusty hair to an Ostermoor Mattress can be made 
at any time, in any climate, under any condition of health, and is a change for 
the better under all circumstances, and cannot be made too soon, either for your 
comfort, health or economy. We want the Ostermoor to become your mattress, 
its purity your delight, and its luxury your everlasting comfort. 

The cleaning or remaking of a hair mattress, means merely beating out the 
dust, ripping apart the old tick, repicking, washing, drying, and finally baking 
the old hair to kill the vermin, and moth, and their eggs, losing a large part of the 
hair so doing, then restuffing in new tick, or the old one which has been washed 

meanwhile, and the result is but a dis- 



fmM 



The usual annual mak- 
ing over and refilling of a 
hair mattress absolutely 
necessary to keep it fairly 
clean and comfortable. If 
done at home — dirt and 
annoyance. If sent away 
— expense and loss. 



-V 



MMSL. : 



v, 




mm 




couraging makeshift, which must soon be 
repeated. 

Such work if done at home means dirt 
and annoyance, if sent away expense and 
loss, without any allowance whatever for 
value of hair that may be stolen by dis- 
honest workmen, or inferior hair used in 
substitution, a trick often practised, as 
you know by experience. 
J* 

John Byrne, M. D., Brooklyn, N. Y. 

314 Clinton St., February 7, 1902. 
Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. 

Dear Sirs : — I have used Ostermoor Mattresses in my 
house without any renovation whatever , for over a quarter 
of a century — (28 years)— and have seen them for that length 
of time in St. Mary's Hospital, and / do not hesitate to state 
that triey are in every respect superior to those made from 
the best quality of curled horse hair. 

Ostermoor extracts heat from the body without absorb- 
ing moisture, and has therefore a special advantage in cer- 
tain r/ieuiuatii conditions. 

As for cleanliness, perfection in workmanship and 
i extraordinary durability, I doubt if the Ostermoor Mattress 
has any equal. Very respectfully, 

JOHN BYRNE 



33 




Contrast the simplicity and wonderful cleanliness of an Ostermoor riattress, which needs 

no remaking— with the dirty, dusty, hair. See how easily tick is removed 

for washing, if desired, owing to its superior construction. 

Should the tick of an Ostermoor Mattress become soiled through any cause. 
soap, brush and water will cleanse it thoroughly, and will not hurt the filling, 
because it's non-absorbent. Dried in the sun it is absolutely unharmed. If pre- 
ferred, ticking is very readily taken off to wash, the sheets of Ostermoor Filling 
having incorporated into one sheet, thickness of mattress cannot become dis- 
placed, and will remain intact, sweet, pure and clean. In rare instances should 
top sheet be stained, as it cannot penetrate over one-eighth of an inch, soiled 
part is easily peeled off, the filling returned and closed within the washed ticking, 
and retufted, when mattress in every respect is equally as good as new! 

An Ostermoor Mattress is dust-proof, and during twenty years' use can never 
become as dusty and dirty as a hair mattress will, in less that many months. It is 
also proof against all germs, all vermin, all dirt or water, and is so resilient and 
elastic it will never mat or pack, costs new less than half the price of a really first 
class quality hair, and never costs any more. 

Hair, originally unclean, and practically uncleanable, attracts dirt, absorbs 
all moisture and emanations of the body, is a breeder of vermin, an ever increas- 
ing expense, and, at all times, new or old, a dangerous menace to health. 



Long, practical 

experience. 
Superior ever- 
lasting 
elasticity. 
Proven non-ab 
sorbent. 



34 

RIVING, POURING RAIN WETS YOUR CLOTHES. 

You are wet to the skin, as wet as if you had taken a 
bath in your clothes, but you have not absorbed water ; 
neither will an Ostermoor Mattress; and its clothes (or 

tick) will dry far more quickly than your own. It is 

non-absorbent. It will float. 

John C. Barron, New York City. 

Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. 35 Broadway, Jan. 6, 1902. 

Geni lemen :— I have no hesitancy in adding my testimony, from a long, practical experience, as to 
the everlasting elasticity, durability, non-absorbent, and buoyant qualities of the Ostermoor Mattress. In 
these respects I think them superior to all other mattresses. Yours truly, 

JOHN C. BARRON 




Washington, D. C. 
Prindle & Russell, Attorneys and Counsellors at Law. 
Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. 509 Seventh Street, May 29, 1897. 

Gentlemen :— In response to your inquiry of the 2Gth inst., we have to state that some time in 
1889 you made a set of Ostermoor Cushions for our steam launch, the " Alma," which launch, during 
the flood of 1894, was suite, and remained under water for a number of days before av could raise her. 

Upon raising the launch we found some 
of the Ostermoor cushions had been 
away, but of such as remained each one 
was in perfect condition, except •with • 
to the plush covering, which was too much 
soiled by mud for use. The said cushions 
were returned to you to be recovered, and 
were then in as perfect condition as were 
the new ones which were made to replace 
those lost. 

The cushions in question, which have 
been in use since 1889 (eight years), are 
entirely free from mildew ami unpleasant 
odor, "eery elastic and satisfactory and 
prove all you claim. 

We most heartily recommend the Oster- 
moor as being the best material of which 
we know for cushions, and also because 
cushions made of such material are perfect 
life preservers, being acceptable to and 
approved by the United States Steamboat 
Inspectors. Very cordially, 

PRINDLE & RUSSELL 

Prindle & Russell. 

Washington, D. C, Jan. 3, 1902. 
Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. 

Gentlemen : — Our present views relative to 
Ostermoor Cushions have not been changed since 
our letter of May 29th, 1897, and we most cordially 
endorse today every statement made therein. 
Very cordially, 

PRINDLE & RUSSELL 




Under water 

2 months. 
Good as new 
after 13 years' 

service. 

Perfectly free 

from damp 

and mildew. 




35 
HE SUPERINTENDENT of one of the largest Massachusetts 
State Institutions, using nearly a thousand Ostermoor Mat- 
tresses, and enthusiastic in their praise after twenty-four years' 
actual use, stated to us recently that his original order was given 
us against the judgment and advice of his Matron and her as- 
^Tt7fr^^'?>*** 1 ■■ sistant, who wanted hair — which they had previously been using 
— and was given to us unknown to her. Several months after they were in use he 
asked how she liked the mattresses he bought; she exclaimed, "Oh! they are splen- 
did— perfect — I am so glad you bought such good hair mattresses and not those 
cotton ones. My bed is so comfortable, and the mattress the best I ever slept 
on." (Used even without a spring of any kind.) " At this statement I sent for the 
mattress, had it opened, showed her the filling, when she would hardly believe 
her own eyes. " 

They think Ostermoor mattresses far better than any hair, for they are as 
soft today as when new. Soap and water don't hurt them in the least, for when 
the Ostermoor ticks become soiled, as will happen, they simply put them through 
the hot steam sterilizer, and dry them in hot air, and they come out like new, 
without any injury whatever, and that's impossible with hair. 



Absolutely 

nothing 

approaches 

Ostermoor 

Mattresses 

in excellence. 



Nayatt Point, Rhode Island. 

Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. January 25, 1900. 

Gentlemen : — I learned to appreciate the merits of cotton as a material for a mattress fifty years ago, when a 
young housekeeper, desiring something better than I could then buy for a bed, I procured thirty-odd pounds of the 

very best cotton, and, with my wife's help made a mattress 
which, when placed upon a spring arrangement, also 
of home construction, furnished all the needed 
requisites of softness and elasticity. 

Since that time I have had many beds of 
many kinds, among which I have a vivid 
memory of some hours of refreshing 
slumber upon a bed of warm ashes, un- 
der the boilers of an Alabama River 
steamer one winter night, and also 
of occasional bivouacs upon Vir- 
ginia soil during the war. 

At other times the best 
curled hair mattresses have 
been mine, but I have found 
absolutely nothing ap- 
proaching in excel- 
lence your Osier, 
moor Mattress. It 
is indeed a mar- 
vel, and I can 
most heartily 
endorse same 
as fully prov- 
ing all you 
claim. 
Yours truly, 
H. H. RICHARDSON 




SS?fwKW^ISS3^Si 




36 

STERMOOR MATTRESSES need nothing; in the way of re- 
newal for an ordinary lifetime, except a cleanly turning- and 
airing daily — as all mattresses should have — and a generous 
sunbath several times yearly, to keep them indefinitely as 
44 good as new." They puff or rise in the sun and heat, 
as if endowed with life — as a ** pan of biscuit n rises. 



Used with 

pleasure for 22 

years. 

Cannot be 

excelled. 



Proved superior 

to best 

Hair Mattress 

during 1(5 years' 

constant use of 

a large number. 

Four special 

points have they 

surpassed. 



Marion, Ohio. 

Messrs. Ostermooe & Co. January 18, 1901. 

Dear Sirs: — I beg to assure you that our great regard for Ostermoor Mattresses makes it a pleasure 
to tell you that they cannot be excelled by any other. After using our first one, purchased in 1879, twenty- 
two years ago, for a few months, we disposed of a hair mattress and replaced by another one of yours. 

( >n general cleaning- days we place our mattresses in the sun for a few hours, and as my little girl 
once said : " They act as if they had Royal Baking Powder in them," they puff or rise so greatly .' 

They are so cool in summer and warm in winter, fully as soft without being so oppressive as feathers, 
and much soft r than hair. 

All our beds, and also those of nearly all our friends, are supplied with Ostermoor Mattresses, and 
time only makes us think more highly of them. They are surely perfection in every way. 
Yours respectfully, 

MRS. E. J. FAIRFIELD 

New Jersey School for Deaf Mutes, 

Trenton, N. J. 

Weston Jenkins, Principal. 

Messrs. Ostermoor & Co March 21, 1900. 

Dear Sirs :— Ostermoor Mattresses have been used 
in this school for the past sixteen years, and have proven 
entirely satisfactory. 

They are fully equal in comfort to 
the best hair mattresses, and are superior 
in the following respects, viz. : 

First — They do not mat or pa, A- a ft, 
many years' us,'. 

Second— They are lighter and 
more elastic than hair. 

Third — They do -not absorb 
emanations from lite body and foul 
odor to the extent that hair 
does. 

Fourth — They can be made 
perfectly fresh and sweet af- 
ter long continued use by 
simple exposure to the 
air and strong sunlight. 

I would not wil- 
lingly have any other 
material used for mat- 
tresses in an institution 
under my charge. 
Very respectfully, 

WESTON JENKINS, 
Principal 





37 
E ARE OFTEN COMPLIMENTED, we regret to say, 
upon the Ostermoor Mattress in various words, as fol- 
lows : " That Cotton Mattress of yours is truly wonder- 
ful." "Yours is certainly the finest Cotton Mattress 
made," etc., etc. 

The Ostermoor Mattress is not a cotton mattress ; 
its raw material, we grant you, was cotton, but cotton of 
an unusual grade, and the various processes to which we subject the fibres en- 
tirely changed and evolved from that cotton an entirely new fabric, the same as 
cloth is evolved from wool, — and not ordinary cloth, either. The Ostermoor 
process of imparting enduring elasticity and wonderful softness to the fibrous 
texture of cotton, has achieved a result incomparable with any other known 
material, it being impervious to moisture, proof against vermin, permanently 
elastic, and will never mat, pack, lump or bunch like hair. These enduring and 
desirable qualities, together with our unusual method of making — hand-laid 
sheeted filling, and hand-closed ticks — make the Ostermoor Mattress an article of 
distinctive merit; while the cotton mattress is simply cotton, a makeshift and 
nothing more, usually much less, as the many so called cotton mattresses are not 
even cotton, but the poorest refuse waste thereof, being only cotton ginnings, no 
more cotton than shoddy is wool, or coal dust is coal, and relatively as worthless. 

t£* ^* (£* 



Howell Co. Bank, West Plains, Mo 
Jos. L. Thomas, Pres't. 

March 7, 1900 
Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. 

Gentlemen: — I had entire- 
ly forgotten the fact that I 
had purchased one of your Os- 
termoor Mattresses some 
seventeen years ago, and 
doubted your statement, sup- 
posing, of course, I had a hair 
mattress; but on appealing to 
my wife she coolly informed 
me that I had been sleeping 
on one fur the past seventeen 
years. 

/ ha-cc enjoyed it vastly, 
and it is now as satisfactory, 
as fresh and as clastic as it 
was when first gotten, not- 
withstanding its constant use 
since purchased. 

I take pleasure in adding 
my testimony to its merits in 
these late days of fraud and 
humbug. 

Very truly yours, 

JOS. L. THOMAS 



Liked so well 

thought it Hair 

during over 

17 years' 

constant use. 

As fresh today 

as new. 





38 
HE SUCCESS of the Ostermoor mattress is due to merit, brains, 
push, business ability, and the advertising publicity, that has 
cost us over a million dollars, and has made its fame world 
wide. That's reputation. 

Such a reputation is so valuable, you may safely trust us 
not to wreck it, but to ever guard most zealously. It means 
also that we must be always making mattresses ever of the 
same merit and trustworthiness, yesterday, today and tomorrow, 
to retain our success. That's responsibility. 

Beware of imitations — don't be swindled — the storekeeper who offers you a 
substitute for the Ostermoor Mattress, claiming it's "just as good," "expressly 
made for me" — or "I made it myself and I know how it's made " — not only in- 
sults your intelligence, but is a dishonest swindler as well. He is simply trading on 

our success — our reputation — has no responsibility 
and nothing to lose. 

Would he accept counterfeit money in payment? 
Oh, no ! And yet imitation money is " just as good " 
as his imitation substitute. 

As a matter of fact, such substitutes are dis- 
honestly worthless, 
and attempts to 
sell them nothing 
but the commonest 
form of mean, petty 
swindling. 

Storekeepers 
don't make mat- 
tresses, and don't even know how they are made, 
ami if they sell an imitation of the Ostermoor 
Mattress, they must patronize one of those 
numerous concerns who are making it a business 
to furnish cheap substitutes of no value whatever, 
that are simply expected to sell on the true merit 
and honest reputation of the Ostermoor Mattress. 
Any storekeeper who attempts such substitu- 
tion, recognizes that it is possible only because 
you have heard how .desirable our Mattress is, 
through our advertising, and he not only robs 
you of your money and cheats you with a worth- 
less counterfeit, but betrays your confidence 
and insults your intelligence. 



The Cheap Imitator's Fate. 

The cheap imitator who endeavors to 
trade upon the ideas or reputation of an- 
other can not win permanent success. 

The man who copies and cheapens his 
competitor's productions often finds that 
the cream of the business belongs to the 
honest, responsible originator, and that 
the imitator must at best content himself 
with the leavings. 

No matter how he fools the public, the 
man who imitates the goods or trade- 
mark of a competitor, by that act con- 
fesses to the world his inferiority, and 
is sure ultimately to lose tenfold what he 
gains by his dishonest course. 

That which leans on another's reputa- 
tion will ultimately fall. — Clip. 



Substitution is Suspicious. 

A sale of stock is advertised. There are 
horses with pedigrees and records to be sold. 
Farmer Brown attends the sale with the pur- 
pose of buying one of these good horses. 
But the seller says to him, " That horse you 
want is a good horse, of course, but I've got 
another there that is just as good which I'd 
like to sell you." 

" Has he just as good a pedigree?'" 

' ' Well no, he hasn't anv pedigree to speak 
of." 

" Has he any record." 

" Well, no, we never held a watch on him 
that I know of, but he's ' just as good ' as 
the horse you want." 

Would Farmer Brown buy the " just as 
good " horse ? The question answers itself. 
And yet this same farmer will allow himself 
to be swindled time and again by accepting 
" just as good " articles in place of those he 
called for, although the article he called for 
has a pedigree and a record, and is a standard 
in the markets of the world. Yet in place of 
this standard article he will accept a substitute 
which nobody knows anything about, an un- 
tried, unproved article which has no record 
of value and no proof of origin. 

Let the buyer who is offered a substitute 
bear in mind that substitution is suspicious, 
and that a substitute always carries the ear 
marks of a swindle. — Printer s Ink. 



39 
HOSE prosperous human vultures, offering an imitation "just as 
good " mattress, brazenly preying on our pockets and yours, slyly 
fatten on such dishonesty simply because they have nothing to 
lose, no reputation to maintain, no valuable name to ruin, no 
merit or quality to guard ; they have no responsibility, and when 
caught and exposed, just creep back without even a squeal of 
protest into that obscurity where they belong, and are despicably 
greater thieves than the desperate human failures — thieves through hunger. 

Take care ! Don't be fooled ! The name of Ostermoor is a personal guarantee 
of reliability, our confidential responsibility. Our label on each mattress we make 
is as much our personal guarantee as though issued to you individually. 





Beware of imitations. Every genuine Ostermoor Mattress bears our illustrated, 
trade-marked, Hand-Laid Filling Label in exact design and colors as reproduced 
above — and also has the name Ostermoor woven every three inches in the Binding 
on all Edges. Put there for your protection. Look for them. Accept no substitute. 



4o 

Illustrating the Distinctive Art and Superior Workmanship of 

Hand=Laid Sheeted Filling and Hand Sewed Closing 

of the Ostermoor Mattress. 



Copyright 

1897 

Ostermoor & Co 




Fig. 1. 

Building the Sheets 

of Ostermo-T 

in open tick 

by hand. 

See description, 

pages £8, 29, 30. 



Used 12 hours 
daily for ix 
years. 
Good as new. 
Everlastingly 
comfortable. 



Trade Mark — Registered 

A billowy, downy mass of springy softness, virginal in its purity, an un- 
rivaled mattress filling — such stuff as dreams are made on 

Price list, Ostermoor Mattresses, as Advertised, page 129. 

Blackstone, Va. , , ,. 

Messrs. Ostermoor iS: Co. January 14, 1904. 

Gentlemen : — The Ostermoor Mattress bought by my grandfather, T. Freeman Epis, of Blackstone, 
in June, 1856, forty-eight years ago, is still in use, and as good today as the day it was made, and lias had 
no repairs or renovation of any kind during all that time, except that the tick has been taken off and washed. 

This mattress has had harder usage than many, for it has been lain upon at least twelve hours every 
day for the past f arty -eight years, with the possible exeeption oj some twenty days during all that time, 
when it was not used. 

It was bought as the very best mattress that could be obtained in 1856, and we had always spoken of 
it in the family as an exceptionally fine quality hair mattress, and it was only when ticking was taken off 
for washing some four years ago, that your label was discovered. The new mattress purchased from you 
by myself at that time has proven to be fully as good, if not better, than the original one. 

To say that we are delighted with Ostermoor Mattresses is to poorly express the satisfaction we have 

found during all these many years' experience of their wonderful merits and everlasting r< iinfort, 

Yours respectfullv, 

1 3 IMRS.) R, F, DILLARD 



4' 



Illustrating the Distinctive Art and Superior Workmanship of 

Hand=Laid Sheeted Filling and Hand^Sewed Closing 

of the Ostermoor Mattress. 




Copyright 

1897 

Ostermoor & Co. 



the 
Sheeted Filling 
laid in place, partially 
• 1 within ticking. 
See descript ion, 
pages 28, 2! 



Trade Mark — Registered 

This results in that absolute uniformity in thickness, softness and elasticity, 
where every square inch exactly duplicates the other — bringing sleep full of rest 
from head to feet. 

Price list, Ostermoor Mattresses, as Advertised, page 129. 



Rev. Jos. A. Seiss, D.D., Philadelphia, Pa. 

Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. 1338 Spring Garden St., February 14, 1904. 

Sirs: — I have had one of your Ostermoor Mattresses in constant use for thirty-two years past. It is not 
in the least matted down, but is just as soft, clean and elastic as tvhen new, although the ticking is very 
badly worn and giving way rapidly now, so that I think recovering is necessary. 

/ certainly would not have a mattress for personal use except the Ostermoor, for there is not, to my 
knowledge, anything so satisfactory and enduring as your mattress possible to be obtained. Surely the 
sight of this thirty-two-year-old mattress, and my remarkable experience, must convince doubters, if 
any are left. 

My experience, wonderful as it is, I understand is not exceptional, and I most heartily recommend 
your wonderful mattress. I have given you many orders for self and friends also the Lutheran Theo- 
logical Seminary at Mt. Airy, which we furnished throughout with Ostermoor mattresses, where they 
are proving just as satisfactory. 

The Ostermoor Cushions you put in the pews of the Church of the Holy Communion thirty-two years 
ago have given entire satisfaction. Not a cushion is in the least matted down, and I cannot in any 
particular see that they have depreciated from what they were when new. Yours truly, 

JOS A. SEISS 



Used constantly 

for 32 years, 
but just 

clean and elastic 
as when new. 
Would use- 
no other 



42 

Illustrating the Distinctive Art and Superior Workmanship of 

Hand-Laid Sheeted Filling and Hand~Sewed Closing 

of the Ostermoor Mattress. 






Copyright 
1897 
Ostermoor & 




Possess mar- 
velous merits. 

34 years old. 
Recovered after 

26 years' use. 

Good as new 
today. 



Fig. 3. 

Binding and enclosing 

the sheets within the 

tick by hand sewing. 

See description, 

Trade Mark— Registered pages 28, 29, 30. 

Careful stitching and boxing of border, and minute accuracy in tufting, 
complete this peerless mattress — perfection itself in every smallest detail — whose 
merits invite one to sleep. 

Price list, Ostermoor Mattresses, as Advertised, page 129. 

J* 



Buffalo Stained Glass Works, Buffalo, N. Y. 
Ecclesiastical and Domestic Stained Glass. 
Mi isrs. O rERMOOR & Co. 29 Pearl St., February 3, 1904. 

Gentlemen : — Thirty-four years ago my lather bought an Ostermoor Mattress. It was in constant use 
w itli 'lit repairs of any hind untK the spring of 1896, when it was sent to you to fix up and recover. We 
arc now using it, and as far as I can see it is as go id as ii was the first day we £, r ot it. We have three 
others of your mattresses bought within two or three years after the above, and are using them every 
day. So far we have not had anything done to them, and they arc in good shape. 

I can commend them for their marvelous merits and absolute freedom from vermin. Should I need 
a mattress any time I shall get yours unquestionably in preference to any other. They are the best in 
the world. Yours respectfully, •>- 



R. O. RIESTER 



43 



Illustrating the Distinctive Art and Superior Workmanship of 

Hand-Laid Sheeted Filling and Hand=Sewed Closing 

of the Ostermoor Mattress 



Fig. i. 

A completed 

Ostermoor Mattress 

Opened to show construction. 

See description, 

pages 28, 29, 30. 




Copyright 
1897 
Ostermoor & Co. 



Trade Mark— Registered 



A dust proof, moth proof, vermin proof, germ proof and absolutely water 
proof sleep inducer that will not mat or pack, and needs nothing to keep in 
perfect order for years to come but a good, airy sun bath several times a year. 
Price list, Ostermoor Mattresses, as Advertised, page 129. 



Massachusetts School for Feeble Minded, Waverly, Mass. 
Walter E. Fernald, M.D., Supt. 

Messrs. Ostermoor & Cm. March 5, 1904. 

Gentlemen: — Large numbers of Ostermoor Mattresses have been in constant use in institutions with 
which I have been connected for the past twenty-five years, and I may say that I am thoroughly familiar 
with them and their good qualities — and we are using them here throughout. 

/ consider Ostermoor to be a superior material/or mattresses; in /act I believe it is superior to the 
best curled hair or any other substance for that purpose. 

I have been sleeping on an Ostermoor Mattress for years and have found it as comfortable as any 
mattress I have ever used. 

I have always found your mattresses made in a first-class manner, and everything used in construc- 
tion of same to be of excellent quality. Very respectfully, 

WALTER E. FERNALD, Supt. 



Constant 

use 25 years. 

Superior to best 

hair or any other 

mattress. 



44 



Ostermoor Mattresses 



"Are such stuff as dreams are made on 



— Shakespeare 




By 27 years' actual 

proof best bed 

ever made. 



The widely Advertised Ostermoor Mattress, 4 ft. 6 in. wide, two parts, A. C. A. Ticking, $15.50. 

If made in one part, costs $15.00. 

Price list all sizes of Advertised Mattresses, pages 128 and 12 9. 

J* 

54-0 Land Title Trust Building, Philadelphia, Pa. 

Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. March JO. 1904. 

Gentlemen : — / have very satisfactorily used Ostermoor Mattresses in my house for twenty-seven 
years. I consider them superior to any hair mattress for comfort and service. 

I have induced many friends to buy them instead of hair, believing- them, by actual proof the best 
bed in the market. Yours very truly, 

Jt Jt <£ M. MOON CHILD 



25 years' use fully 

proves extreme 

durability and 

everlasting 

elasticity. 



The Dalles, Oregon. 

Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. April H, 1904. 

Dear Sirs: — All my hopes twenty-five years ago with regard to Ostermoor Mattresses have been 
more than fulfilled with regard to their "extreme durability" and have proven during these years their 
" everlasting elasticity." They are today wholly satisfactory after all these years of constant service. 

Very truly yours, 
J* .* Jt E. M. WILSON 



30 years old, still in 

use. Exceedingly 

durable. 



Syracuse State Institution for Feeble-Minded Children, Syracuse, N. Y. 

J. C. Carson, Superintendent. 
Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. February 27, 1897. 

Dear Sirs : — The Ostermoor Mattresses purchased of you thirty years ago are stilt in use at this 
institution. Some of them have been made over and recovered, but the majority have had no repairs and 
still are in good condition. 

Your mattresses are certainly exceedingly durable, elastic and comfortable, and their use here has 
been very satisfactory indeed. Yours very truly, 

J. C. CARSON, Supt. 



45 



Ostermoor Mattresses 



Are such stuff as dreams are made on " 



— Shakespea re 




Two Part Mattress, 4 ft. 6 in. wide, in Satin = Finish Ticking, 
If made in one part, costs 50c. less. 
Price list, stock sizes, page 13 0. 



$17.00. 



W. C. Whitcher, Stoneham, Mass. 
Dealer in Groceries, Flour, Grain, Hay and Straw, Etc. 
Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. February 29, 1904. 

Gentlemen: — It gives me great pleasure to say that the Ostermoor Mattresses I bought from you 
thirty-five years ago, and which have been in constant use ever since, are to-day as good as new ; if any- 
thing, they are softer and more elastic than when new. 

We are delighted with them, and it's a marvel the way they wear, for they have never matted the 
smallest particle. 

We think the Ostermoor Mattress the most perfect bed in the world. Use my letter as you like ; it's 
all true. I'm glad to tell you. Yours very truly, y/V_ c. WHITCHER 

e^* t^* t^* 

Carleton College, Northfield, Minn. 

Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. March 10, 1904. 

Gentlemen : — President Story has just handed me your letter, and we are more than glad to have an 
opportunity to speak in the higliest terms of your Ostermoor Mattresses, for they are the very best mattress 
•we ever saw. 

We have used them for the past twenty-two years and they are now in need of recovering and retuft- 
iiig, although not at all matted down, but very shapely and most wonderfully soft. As to comfort, 
they have proven perfection. 

I am very sorry that I was foolish enough to add a few of another kind of mattress to the house not 
long ago — they are not satisfactory, and were we to furnish today, we would choose Ostermoor Mattresses 
in preference to hair or any other mattress made. Respectfully, 

ANNA T. LINCOLN, MATRON 



Most perfect bed. 
Softer and more 

elastic 

than when new — 

35 years ago. 

A marvel. 



Prefer to hair. 

Used 22 years and 

good for 22 more. 

They 

are perfection. 



4 6 



27 years' 

complete 

satisfaction. 



20 years old and 

will give 

satisfaction 

years to come. 



Used 25 years. 

No other 
half as good. 

Entire 
satisfaction. 



Although 29 years 
old, could not 

ask for a 
better mattress. 



Better than hair. 

Best obtainable 

for comfort, 

health 

and cleanliness. 



Bank of Honeoye Falls, Honeoye Falls, N. Y. 

A. M. Holden, Banker. 
Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. January 23, 1904. 

Gentlemen : — The Ostermoor Mattress I bought of you twenty-seven years ago has always given 
complete satisfaction, and it is in absolute perfect condition to-day after having been in constant use all 
of these years without the slightest renovation or repairing. Yours truly, 

A. M. HOLDEN 
(^* ^» %£*> 



Messrs. Ostermoor & C< 



Crawfordsville, Ind. 



March 9, 1900. 



Gentlemen : — My Ostermoor Mattress bought of you twenty years ago is still in use — it is by far the 
most satisfactory mattress we have ever used- is in very good condition indeed, and we feel sure will 
give satisfaction for many years to come. Yours truly, 

v * J& .* JOHN S. BROWN 

The London Rubber Co., Ashtabula, Ohio. 

A. A. Southwick, Sec'y and Treas. 

Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. March 23, 1904. 

Gentlemen : — The Ostermoor Mattress that you sold me in 1879, twenty-five years ago, and the two 
previous to that time, are giving entire satisfaction and are a great comfort. They have never been made- 
over, and are perfectly good today in every way. No other mattress ever made is one-half as good 
rear after year as yours They are so very comfortable, and no expense whatever after once purchased. 
I am well satisfied. Very respectfully, 

Jt Jk J* A. A. SOUTHWICK 

T. C. Maxwell & Brothers, Geneva, N. Y. 

Forest Nursery. 

Messrs. Oster-rioor & Co. March 9, 1900. 

Gentlemen : — The Ostermoor Mattresses I purchased of you over twenty-nine years ago seem to be 
just as good as when first received. They are excellent in all particulars and give us the best of satisfaction. 

I am eighty-two years old, appreciate a good bed, and could not ask for better than you furnished us 
when you sent those mattresses. Yours truly, 

jZ jZ jZ T. C. MAXWELL 

War Records Office, War Department, Washington, D. C. 

Marcus J. Wright, Agent for the Colleetion of Confederate Records. 

Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. March 20, 1904. 

Gentlemen: — / am delighted with the ten years' use of Ostermoor Mattresses and Pillows. They 
retain their elasticity and the surface remains smooth, with no formation of lumps or knots— being much 
more comfortable than hair, and better still, absolutely clean. 

I regard Ostermoor Mattresses as the best obtainable for comfort, health and cleanliness. 

Very truly, 



tfi* t£* i£* 



MARCUS J. WRIGHT 



Used 

for 25 years. 

All you claim. 



Recommended in 
highest terms, used 
over 25 years with- 
out remaking, 
and still in 
perfect condition. 



Tefft, Weller & Co. 

Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. 320 Broadway, March 2, 1902. 

Dear Sirs: — Ostermoor Mattresses are all you claim in every particular, as I have proven during 
twenty-five years' very satisfactory use in my home. Yours truly, 






MORTON D. BOGUE 



Boys' Home, Hamilton, Canada. 
Mrs. D. B. Pratt, Corresponding Secretary. 

Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. 25 East Ave., North, December 6, 1902. 

Dear Sirs:— The Committee of Management of the Boys' Home, Hamilton, Canada, have pleasure 
in stating that the Ostermoor Mattresses, purchased from you nearly twenty-five years ago, have been in 
consta nt use ever since, without any remaking whatever, and are still in perfect order. 

As we have found them so very satisfactory in every particular, we take much pleasure in recommend- 
ing them in the highest terms. Wishing you every success, I remain yours sincerely, 

MAY PRATT, COR. SEC. 



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Ostermoor Mattresses 

" Are such stuff as dreams are made on " 

— Shakespeare 




Special Ostermoor Mattress. Tufted in Squares or Biscuit Style, which Costs $2.00 Extra. 
Price list, stock sizes, Mattresses as Advertised, pages 128 and 129. 

For other styles with Special Coverings, Extra Thickness, etc., see pages 130 to 134. 



Rev. Francis Goodwin, Hartford, Conn, 

~ • or. 783 Main St., February 9, 1904. 

Messrs. Ostermoor & L". ' ,«,„ 

Dear SiRS:-It gives me much pleasure to bear my unqualified testimony as to the excellence ot Oster- 
moor Mattresses and Cushions. 

I think that in cleanliness, comfort and durability, and never requiring to be remade, Ostermoor IS 
much to ha preferred to hair or any other material. 

It is over twenty-five years since I first used your Mattresses and Cushions, and my very satisfactory 
experience only confirms the judgment expressed above. Yours very truly 

1 FRANCIS GOODWIN 

^C it* i^* 

Goshen Light & Power Co. 

J. W. Corwin, Prest. 

_ „ n J April 8, 1904. 

Messrs. Ostermoor & Lo. ... . • t . 

Gen rs:-The Ostermoor Mattress bought of you thirty-three years ago (1871) is still in use, in perfect 

order and fully as elastic as when first used. 

It has been so entirely satisfactory, that I gladly recommend it to any who desire a really good 

Yours truly, 
mattreSS - J. W. CORWIN 

i^rV %£r* %£& 

St. Paul's School, Concord. N. H., Office of the Curator 

_ s r March 6, 1902 

Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. 

Dear Sirs— We take pleasure in stating that we have one hundred and fifty, or more, Ostermoor 
Mattresses purchased from you between the years 1875 and 1880. They are still in use, in excellent con- 
dition and giving most perfect satisfaction after twenty-seven years' constant use. 

Very respectfully yours, 

A. H. CAMPBELL, CURATOR 



Bear unqualified 

testimony 

to their excellence 

after 

25 years' use. 



33 years' in use. 

Elastic as new. 

Gladly recommend. 



Giving most per- 
fect satisfaction. 
27 years' old 
to-day. 



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In constant use 
for 30 years. 

All we claim in 
every way. 



Constant use for 

17 years and in 

perfect condition 

today. 



Hav> 
depreciated with 
Jij years' constant 
use. 



Recommended 
and considered 
the best during 27 
experience. 



Proven during H 

years' use quite 

equal to best 

hair. 



D. B. Wendle. Philadelphia, Pa. 

Messrs. Ostein R & Co. 5811 Haverford Ave., March 3, 1904. 

Gentlemen: — I am thoroughly cognizant of the value of the Ostermoor Mattresses, having had them 
in constant use for thirty years. They are still in use and giving perfect satisfaction. 

I ordered the mattresses at the time you put the cushions in the Cumberland Street M. K. Church, 
this city, which are also in splendid condition. 

That wonderful Ostermoor is all you claim. Very truly, 

D. B. WENDLE 

Addison Bank, Addison, N. Y. 

Lattimer & Winton. 
Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. January 8, 1898. 

Gentlemen:— I beg to say the Ostermoor Mattress bought of you in December, 1881, has been in 
constant use for seventeen years, has needed no repairs, and is apparently in perfect condition. It is as 
soft and sweet and grateful to the tired system as when first made. 

The cushions of the First Presbyterian Church of this place were supplied by you at that time, filled 
with the same material — Ostermoor. They hold their shape and elasticity, and are as comfortable as 
when put in. I am most happy to certify to the honest material and workmanship that enter in the 
combination of both your cushions and mattresses. Yours very truly, 

DAVID B. WINTON 

5^W t0& %£& 

H. C. K Kingsbury & Kingsbury, Westfield, N. Y. H. C. Kingsbury, Jr. 

Attorneys and Counselors. 
Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. March 5, 1901. 

Gentlemen: — In October, 1878, I purchased an Ostermoor Mattress and it has been in use continu- 
ously from that time to this, without any repairs of any kind — and last night it was just as soft and 
comfortable as when first purchased. 

I cannot see that these twenty-six years' constant use has affected or depreciated it in any manner 
whatever. Very respectfully yours, 

H. C. KINGSBURY 

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616 High St., W. Hoboken, N. J. 

Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. January 21, 1904. 

Gentlemen: — I have had one of your Ostermoor Mattresses in constant use for twenty-se7>en years; 
it remains in as good shape and condition as when purchased. 

I have recommended them to my friends, and have ordered several from you for them. All have 
given complete satisfaction. 

I consider them the cleanest and best mattress I have ever seen. Very truly yours, 

F. C. TOMLINSON 
t<?* c£* v* 

W. H. Fox. Fox & Curtis, Penn Yan, N. Y. Perley P.Curtis. 

Manufacturers of Straw Wrapping Paper. 
Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. March 8, 1904. 

Gentlemen:— Replying to your inquiry, I will say that the Ostermoor Mattress that I bought of you 
twenty-/ our years ago (1880) is still in use in my house, and is apparently in good condition. I greatly 
prefer it in every way to the best hair mattress. Yours truly, 

P. P. CURTIS 

t£& t&* t&* 



Good as evi 
Nothing con 
with them. 



Black Hall, Conn. 

Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. January 12, 1902. 

Dear Sirs:— I take great pleasure in replying to your letter of inquiry recently received. Yes, you 
did furnish us with Ostermoor Mattresses twenty-two years ago, and they are still in active service, and 
as far as we can see are as good as ever. 

Of the three furnished by you nearly fifteen years ago, can say that the same have been in constant 
service, have never been remade, and do not seem likely ever to need it. 

We began housekeeping with your mattresses, have never bought anything else, and never will. 
That ought to indicate pretty thorough satisfaction. I advise every one to buy them in preference to any- 
thing else. There is nothing to compare with them in any way. Yours truly, 

THEODORE M . PECK 



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Ostermoor Mattresses 



" Are such stuff as dreams are made on. 



— Shakespeare 




Hospital Mattress, 3 ft. wide, in three equal interchangeable parts, A. C. A. Ticking, $11.00. 

Mattress made in one piece, costs $10.00. 

Price list, stock sizes, as Advertised, pages 128 and 129. 

J* 

Hartford, Conn. 
Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. 26 Whitney St., March 15, 1904. 

Gentlemen :— The mattress just ordered makes five I've bought for own use, and I most cheerfully 
express our great appreciation of Ostermoor Mattresses. The one you refer to, purchased in March, 1875, 
and which has been in nearly constant use for twenty-nine years, is still doing as good service as ever. 

When we moved into our new house in November, 1880, we bought three others, and have since 
added one more. We have no fault to find with any of them, and have often recommended them to our 
friends. They are all you claim. 

The South Park M. E. Church Cushions which, as one of the committee, we purchased at that time 
0^75), have also been just as satisfactory. Very respectfully, 

Jt Jt J* MRS. GEO. W. ATWOOD 

L. R. Brown, M.D., Elizabeth, N. J. 

Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. 23 West Jersey St., March 7, 1904. 

My Dear Sirs:— Twenty-eight years ago, July 3, 1876, I bought one of the everlasting Ostermoor 
Mattresses. It has been in constant use ever since, and is now just as comfortable as when I bought it. 
The only repair, or the only attention it has received during all these years, is retufting, as much 
turning over and catching the cover at wrong places in the course of time ripped the t u/ts off. 

In June, 1895, 1 bought another mattress for another bed— it is just as satisfactory — I see no difference 
between them in comfort. 

By the way, one would have to start early in life, and live long, and finally stand alone without any 
near descendants, to wear out an Ostermoor Mattress in one's lifetime— if my experience is a criterion. 

" Many times and oft " in my rounds I hear of hair mattresses sent out for remaking. Remaking of 
an Ostermoor is, we have proven, absolutely unnecessary, as you claim, for they are marvels, so change- 
less is their comforting elasticity. 

The Ostermoor Mattress requires no attention or expense. Hair needs both. Buy one when you 
are young, and it will be just the same comfortable affair when you are old and rheumatic. I know — have 
tried both. Respectfully, 

L. R. BROWN 



29 years' constant 
use. Great ap- 
preciation. 
Are all you claim. 



Everlasting. 

•J.S years' use 

proves they will 

last a lifetime. 

Just as good as 

new to-day. 



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Used 

throughout, and a 

source of much 

satisfaction 

for 25 years. 



22 years old and 
will long continue 

to give good, 
honest, satisfac- 
tory service. 



Today as 
shapely, sweet and 

pure as when 
new, 22 years ago. 



In good condition 
and have given 

extreme 

satisfaction for 

23 years. 



Far ahead of hair. 

25 years' com- 
fort, satisfaction 
and pleasure. 



Excellent 

satisfaction. 

24 years old. 

Still perfectly 

good. 



New Jersey Home for Disabled Soldiers, Kearney, N. J. 

P. O. Address, Newark, N. J. 
Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. January 26, 1901. 

Gentlemen: — We have had several hundred Ostermoor Mattresses in use in this Hume for the past 
twenty-five years. Their use has been eminently satisfactory. Being non-absorbent they are peculiarly 
adapted for the service demanded in institutions, and they have worn exceedingly well, and have cost us 
nothing for repairs of any kind. 

Our good opinion of them was well expressed in 1896, when order was placed for the entire equipment 
of all the dormitories. They are now in general use throughout the Home, and are a source of much 
satisfaction. Very respectfully, 

PETER F. ROGERS, SUP'T 

Governor's Island, New York. 

Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. March 9, 1904. 

Gentlemen: — It gives me much pleasure to bear testimony to the excellence of the Ostermoor Mat- 
tress which I purchased from you twenty-two years ago. For more than ten years it was in constant 
daily use, and very frequently for the rest of the time. Those who have used it are unanimous in its 
praise. 

It has preserved its form and elasticity, is as comfortable now as when first purchased, and to all 
appearance will long continue to give good, honest, satisfactory service 

Very truly yours, 
E. H. C. GOODWIN, Asst Post Chaplain, U. S. A. 

Mrs. Thomas Moore, Elizabeth, N. J. 

Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. 1365 North Ave., January 5, 1904. 

Gentlemen: — We have used your Ostermoor Mattresses continually for twenty-two years, and 
several times during that period we have used them during illnesses of many months' duration, and yet 
today, both filling and ticking, are as shapely, clean, pure and sweet as when purchased. 

We cannot say enough in their praise, and are very glad to add our testimony to those already 
received. Yours truly, 

CONSTANCE R. MOORE 
t^* t<3* t^* 

Naval Examining Board, Mills Building, Washington, D. C. 

Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. March 9. 1904. 

Dear Sirs: — I take much pleasure in stating that the Ostermoor Mattresses purchased of you twenty- 
three years ago have been in constant use, are still in good condition, and have given e.xtreme satisfaction. 

Very respectfully. 

J. C. WATSON, Rear Admiral, U. S. N. 

t^* fc?* t^* 

George Faulhaber, Church Furniture Works, Cleveland, O. 

Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. 356-380 Scranton Ave., February 22, 1901. 

Dear Sirs:— Your "everlasting" Ostermoor Mattresses and Cushions, which I have used throughout 
my house for these twenty-five years with comfort, satisfaction and pleasure, are all you claim and more. 
They are the only mattress today, far ahead of hair in every way. Yours truly. 

GEO. FAULHABER 
^* t^* t<9* 

T. B. Camden, M.D., Parkersburg, W. Va. 

Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. January 23, 1904. 

Dear Sirs:— The Ostermoor Mattresses I bought of you over twenty-four years ago are still in use 
and in good condition, and just as delightful to sleep on today. 

I bought a number of them for use in the Hospital for Insane, at Weston, W. Va., over thirty years 
ago, while I was Superintendent, which gave excellent satisfaction and are still in use. 

Yours, etc., 

T. B. CAMDEN. M.D. 



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Ostermoor Mattresses 



Are such stuff as dreams are made on " 



-Shakespeare 




Single Mattress, 2 ft 6 in. wide, A. C. A. Ticking, $8.35. 

It made in two parts, costs 50c. extra. 

Price list, stock sizes, as Advertised, pages 128 and 129 



Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. 



Plainfield, N. J. 



January 9, 1904. 



S D e ;r S E Rs.-We have°on.y Ostermoor Mattresses in our house, and some of them were bought in 1876, 
twenty-eight years ago. They are all giving good service and promise to last for many .yean. 

They are the most satisfactory mattress in every respect that we have ever used, and I take great 
pleasure indeed in recommending them to any and every one. I would use jootta^ ^^ 

J. E. TURRILL 

!^C (£• *£• 

A. H. Stevens. D.D.S.. Clinton. Conn. March 10> 1904 . 

" le T^S^7wt^even years ago 1 purchased your Ostermoor Cushions for the Baptist Church, 
and an Ostermoor Ma^esI for iyself 'and it is with great pleasure that I report both cushions and mat- 
tress /k rood sha fie today < having retained their elasticity perfectly. 

Fifteen ye£s ago I purchased another mattress for a friend, and can say the same of ,t. I much 
prefer Ostermoor to best hair obtainable, and am glad to recommend them. ^ ^ ^ 



Would use no other. 

Although 

28 years old, 

promise 

to last for years. 



Have retained 

elasticity 
most perfectly 

for 27 years. 
Prefer to hair. 



A. H. STEVENS 



J* J* J* 



The Union League Club. Philadelphia. Pa. ^^ ^ ^ 

M % r ; N ™ R ; N '-I hlealways found that Ostermoor Mattresses possess all the excellencies claimed for 
them having used them personally in preference to hair tor the ^Jm£r*~» years wtfh ever 
increasing satisfaction. 

J. A. SMITH, U. S. N. 



Possess all 

the excellencies 

claimed. 

27 years experience. 



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No one could ask 

for finer, although 

24 years old. 



Better 

than any new one, 

although 

22 years old. 



All you claim 
in every particular. 
20 years old and 

far the best. 



Proved all yi >u 

claim for 28 years 

without repairs. 

Still good. 



20 years old. 

Still giving perfect 

satisfaction. 



Have given 25 

years of excellent 

satisfaction. 



Never repaired. 

Seems as good as 

ever, although 

21 years old. 



A. D. Paul & Co., Canandaigua, N. Y. 
Druggists and Apothecaries. 
Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. 172 Main St., January 2">, 1904. 

Gentlemen : — The Ostermoor Mattress you made me in 1880, twenty-four years ago, I think is the 
fittest bed we ever had, and is today in as good shape as when you sent it to me. We have had hair mat- 
tresses, but they do not in any way compare with your Ostermoor. We have three, all in elegant shape, 
and no oik- could ask for finer. Yours truly, 

C. R. PAUL 

Union Springs, N. Y. 

Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. March 10, 1904. 

Gentlemen: — I consider the Ostermoor Mattress purchased of you in 1882, after these twenty-two 
years of constant use, better today than any new one of any other kind. I am delighted with my ex- 
perience. Yours truly, 

T. J. MERSEREAU 

fc?* ^* (;?* 

The Warren Packard Co., Warren, Ohio. 

Lumber. 

Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. March 4, 1808. 

Dear Sirs : — The Ostermoor Mattresses you made for me in October, 1878, twenty years ago, I have 
not forgotten by any means. They are still in constant use, and are by far the best I have seen, and pre- 
fer them to any other kind, the best hair not excepted. 

They are in every particular a.\\ you have ever claimed or claim for them now. I take great pleasure 
in recommending them. Yours very truly, 

WARREN PACKARD 

St. Mary's Orphan Asylum, South Orange, N. J. 

Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. January 12, l'J04. 

Dear Sirs :— We must express our pleasure and approval of Ostermoor Mattresses. They are all you 
claim, as we have proven in their use here for twenty-eight years, since 1870. Although used they have 
had no repairs whatever, and are still perfectly clean and soft. 

Trusting that our recommendation will be of some service to you, we remain, 

Respectfully, Sister M. Austin, 

SISTERS OF CHARITY 

Amos Dale, President. H. H. Stephenson, Cashier. 

Oil City National Bank, Oil City. Pa. 
Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. February 22, 1904. 

Gentlemen :— I bought my first Ostermoor Mattress in 1884, twenty years ago, and others since, all 
are still in use and give perfect satisfaction. They are all you promise. We are indeed well pleased. 

Respectfully yours, 

H. H. STEPHENSON 

The Upson-Walton Co., Cleveland, Ohio. 

Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. 155-163 River St., March 15, 1904. 

Gentlemen: — The Ostermoor Mattresses bought of you in 1879 (twenty-five years ago) arc still in 
use exceedingly comfortable, and have given most excellent satisfaction. Yours respectfully, 

E. P. BABBITT 

David S. Hopkins, Architect, Grand Rapids, Mich. 

Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. December 5, 1903. 

I n vr Sins:— Yours at hand, and glad to say the Ostermoor Mattress I got from you in 1882, twenty-one 
years ago, is still in use, and never had any repairs whatever until recovered last year, and it is now just 
as good as new. I had occasion to get a new one some time since, and, having lost your address, got hold 
of another "so-called felt," which is not nearly as good in any way. Yours truly, 

DAVID S. HOPKINS 



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OSTERMOOR PILLOWS AND BOLSTERS are far purer, sweeter, 
cleaner and cooler than feathers or hair, and better in every way. 
They are not quite so soft as feathers, but are far softer than hair, and 
from a sanitary standpoint much more desirable than either 




Ostermoor Pillow, 20 inches wide by 30 inches long, 5atin Finish Ticking, 
Price list, Pillows, stock sizes, page 126 



L.55 



J* 

Edwin A. Van Trump, Wilmington, Del. 
Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. 835 Market St., March 23, 1904. 

Gentlemen : — It is with a great deal of pleasure that I am able to say, in my judgment there is no 
better mattress made than the Ostermoor. Mine has been in constant use since 1876, wit/tout having 
anything done to it in the shape of repairs, and as tar as I can see it is as good as when I first bought it, 
twenty-eight years ago. Very truly yours, E. A. VAN TRUMP 

t^* te" 1 K&* 

The Middletown State Homeopathic Hospital, Middletown, Orange Co.,N.Y. 

Selden H. Talcott, M.D., Supt. 
Messrs. Ostekmook & Co. January 5, 1902. 

Gentlemen : — We have used a large number of Ostermoor Mattresses in this institution during the 
past twenty-seven years, and we take pleasure in stating they have given the greatest possible satis/action 

Ostermoor Mattresses are superior to hair, they are extremely light, do not mat or get lumpy, and 
are very cleanly, durable and comfortable in every particular , and the very best I have ezier seen. 

Hence, we can cordially commend them to those who are in search of a comfortable, most durable and 
satisfactory bed. With best wishes I am. Very respectfully yours, 

Jt jt Jt SELDEN H. TALCOTT 



Nothing in the 
shape of repairs 
in over 28 years. 



For 27 years 

have given 

greatest possible 

satisfaction. 
Best ever seen. 



Philadelphia, Pa. 

Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. No. 1354 Orthodox St., March 16, 1904. 

Gentlemen: — The two Ostermoor Mattresses to which you refer as having been shipped for my 
account in August, 1880, twenty-four years ago, were for my brother, who states that they have been in 
constant use during' all the intervening period, and that they have given great satisfaction. 

The mattresses which you shipped me to Frankford, Pa., September 12th, 1879, twenty-five years ago, 
are in excellent condition and we are exceedingly well pleased. 

* * * * I would not think of using other than Ostermoor mattresses, did their cost largely 
exceed your price, as they never fail or depreciate in the very slightest particular. Ostermoor surely are 
the most perfect of all beds, and you deserve more than praise, for your mattress is a public benefaction. 

Yourstruly, J EFFERSON JUSTICE 



23 years' 
constant, satisfac- 
tory use. 
Would not think 
of using any 
other. 



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Used 28 years 

without remaking. 

Better than 

any new one. 



After 22 years' 

use in good shape 

and very 

comfortable. 



In good condition 

after 21 years of 

wonderful comfort 

and durability. 



22 years' constant 

use. Equal to 

hair Without 

renovation. 



22 years old. 
Good as new. 
Would not be with- 
out it. 



16 years old 

and good as when 

first purchased. 



Used them for 

18 years and 

recommend highly. 



Highest praise. 

Used 20 years. 

Good as new. 

Better than best 

of hair. 



W. L. Farnum, Flint, Mich 

Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. March 12, 1904. 

Gentlemen : — Ostermoor Mattresses and Cushions are a proven excellence with us. We have used 
the Cushions in the First Baptist Church, of which my husband was pastor for twelve years, with great 
satisfaction, and the Mattress in our home constantly without remaking for over twenty-eight years, and 
it is today, in every respect, better than any new one. Respectfully, Mrs. 1 W. L. FARNUM 

The Middlesex Banking Co., Middletown, Conn. 
Robt. N. Jackson, President. 

Messrs. Ostermoor lV Co. 74 Monroe St., January 5, 1904. 

Gentlemen :— I have received your favor of the 1st inst., asking about the Ostermoor Mattresses 
which I bought from you in 1882, twenty-two years ago, and in reply beg to say they are still in use, are 
very comfortable and have certainly worn exceedingly well. Yours truly, ROBERT N. JACKSON 



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Wm. Ray. 



M. T. M vine. 



Geo. Copeland & Co., New York City. 
Cotton Brokers. 
Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. 129 Pearl St., February 12, 1904. 

Gentlemen :— I take great pleasure in saying that I have used Ostermoor Mattresses in my family 
for upward of twenty-one years, and can testify to their wonderful durability and comfortableness, they 
being at this time in surprisingly good condition. Yours truly, m. -r. MAINE 

Lewis & Slocum, Beaver Falls, N. Y. 
Manufacturers of Wood Pulp and Sulphite Boards. 

Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. March 9, 1904. 

Dear Sirs: — I have had an Ostermoor Mattress constantly in use'm my home since 1882, and it has 
proven more satisfactory than hair, much softer, has not required any of the attention hair does to keep in 
absolutely perfect order. Yours truly, j N _ SLOCUM 

Charles H. Yeager, Erie, Pa. 
Shirts, Fine Underwear and Hosiery. 

Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. March 6, 1904. 

Gentlemen: — Yes, I have used the Ostermoor Mattress, and no other, for twenty-two years (since 
August, 1882), and it is apparently just as good as new. Now, knowing what they are, would not do with- 
out it at any price, yes, no matter what it cost. There is nothing so good. 

Yours very respectfully, c. H. YEAGER 

Neshanlc, N. J. 

Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. February 22, 1904. 

Dear Sirs : — The Ostermoor Mattress bought of you sixteen years ago has been in constant use ever 
since, and is today, as far as I am able to judge by sleeping on it every night, as good as when first re- 
ceived. It is a constant pleasure and satisfaction. Very truly, CALVIN CO RLE 

Ayers & Patterson, New York. 
Insurance Brokers. 

■ Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. Ill Broadway, March 12, 1904. 

Gentlemen : — I bought two Ostermoor Mattresses eighteen years ago. We are still using them with 
great satisfaction, and they seem to be in as good condition as when we first got them. I can recommend 
them highly as being just what you claim them to be. Yours truly, h. E. AYERS 

t^* ^* (£• 

Kingston, N. Y. 

Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. December 8, 1899. 

Gentlemen : The Ostermoor Mattresses I purchased of you twenty years ago have given perfect 
satisfaction, and are just as good as when I first received them. They are not matted or packed in the 
least. This is no surprise to me, as I have never heard but the highest praise for them. A short time ago 
I met an old friend who purchased over twenty of your mattresses at least twenty years ago, and he in- 
formed me that they were as good as new today. 

That I consider them better than the best hair, accounts for having them in my home. 

Very truly yours, WM. H. SLEIGHT 



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STERMOOR PILLOWS AND BOLSTERS are far purer, sweeter, 
cleaner and cooler than feathers or hair, and better in every way. 
They are not quite so soft as feathers, but are far softer than hair, and 
from a sanitary standpoint much more desirable than either. 




Copyright 

1897 

Ostermoor & Co. 




Ostermoor Wedge Bolster, 20 inches wide, 48 inches long, Satin Finish Ticking, $5.60. 
Price list Bolsters, all sizes, page 12 7. 

J* 



William Baldwin. 

Methodist Book Concern, New York. 
Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. 150 Fifth Ave., March 2, 1904. 

Gentlemen: — The Ostermoor Mattresses I purchased from you twenty-four years ago have given 
the very fullest satisfaction in their use. They are as good as new today. Yours very truly, 

WM. BALDWIN 

Chicago, 111 

Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. 1444 Monroe St., February 10, 1904. 

Gentlemen: — The two Ostermoor Mattresses purchased by me in January, 1883, over twenty-one 
years ago, have been in constant use ever since, and are at this writing in a most excellent condition, 
never having been repaired or recovered. 

The highest possible endorsement that I can give them is justified by their use and durability. 

Most respectfully yours, 

J. M. JUDD 

Hotel Fiske, Old Orchard, Me. 

Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. March 15, 1904. 

Gentlemen : — In 1876, twenty-eight years ago, I furnished my hotel throughout with Ostermoor Mat- 
tresses ; they have been in use ever since that time, and are apparently as good as when put in, and I 
cheerfully recommend them to all, their use having been so very satisfactory, and my patrons being so 
well pleased. Yours very truly, 

C. H. FISKE 

Woody Crest, Tarrytown, N. Y. 
Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. January 31, 1904. 

Dear Sirs: — Miss Helen Gould requests me to reply to your letter in regard to the Ostermoor Mat- 
tresses we have in use in the house. I beg to say we consider them very good indeed ; they are very soft, 
keep their shape well, and we think them the best obtainable. Very truly, 

MIRIAM W, JAGGER 



Very fullest 
satisfaction in 
24 years' use. 



21 years' 

excellent use. 

Never repaired. 

Highest possible 

endorsement 

justified. 



As good as 

when first made, 

28 years ago. 



Consider them 

the best in the 

house. 



22 years' service 

endorses all 

claims in every 

particular. 



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The Delaware, Lackawanna & Western R. R. Co., New York City. 
Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. 26 Exchange Place, January 12, 1904. 

Gentlemen: — 1 am simply doing justice both to you and myself by endorsing everything you claim 
for the wonderful Ostermoor Mattresses. 

The mattresses you furnished me, some twenty-two years ago, are still in good condition, though they 
have been in continuous service since they entered my house, and I have been entirely satisfied with them 
in every particular. I use nothing else. Yours truly, 

CHAS. M. FUSSELL 



Highly pleased. 

18 years' service. 

Elasticity 

unimpaired. 



22 years old and 
good for another 

22 years. 

Splendid. 



Brooklyn, N. Y. 

Messrs. Ostermoor <Sl Co. 318 Monroe St., March 12, 1902. 

Gentlemen:— Regarding the Ostermoor Mattress that you sold me some eighteen years ago, we art- 
using it right along all the time (that is, every night, of course); have done so ever since we first received 
it, and I do not notice that it has lost any of its elasticity. Of course, we are highly /leased with it. 

With kind regards, 

O. S. HARMON 

t<9* t^» i<?* 

Wellington, Ohio. 

Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. January 6, 19U4. 

Gentlemen:-— The Ostermoor Mattress we bought of you some twenty-two years ago is good for 
twenty-five years more, to all appearances. I have thoroughly rested on the mattress nearly every 
night, and cannot see but what it is just as comfortable as ever. // is splendid. 

Yours truly, 

J. H. WOOLLEY 

fc?* t^* *2^ 



All you claim. 

21 years' complete 

satisfaction. 



Globe Iron Works Co., Minneapolis, Minn. 

Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. January 16, 1904. 

Gentlemen: — The Ostermoor Mattress I purchased of you in 1883 has given complete satisfaction for 
twenty-one years, and I can recommend it as being all that is claimed for it. 

Very truly, 

EDWARD J. KIMBALL 



19 years' daily 

use and as 
good as new. 



New York City. 

Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. 334 West 18th St., January 1, 1902. 

Dear Sirs: — That Ostermoor Mattress you made for me in 1883 (nineteen years ago) is still in daily- 
use, and is as good as new; also the one you made in 1888, and both are giving the best of satisfaction. 

Yours truly, 

P. P. TERHUNE 
(^* t^* «^* 



Prefer to hair. 

Fully proven all 

you claim for 

18 years. 



Victor, Ontario County, N. Y. 

Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. February 18, 1901. 

Gentlemen: — It gives me pleasure to say that I have used your wonderful Ostermoor Mattresses for 
the last eighteen years, and they have fully proven all you claim in every particular. 

They have been in constant use and are still in fine condition, giving perfect satisfaction. I prefer 
them to any hair mattress in all respects. Yours truly, 

ORIN S. BACON 

t^* (<?* t^* 



Used 18 years 

with entire 

satisfaction. 



The Harlan and Hollingsworth Co.. Wilmington, Del. 

Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. January!;, 1904 

Dear Sirs:— We are using two of your Ostermoor Mattresses. ( >ne lias been in use eighteen years, 
another about thirteen years. Both have given entire satisfaction, and their use is a delightful comfort. 

Very truly yours, 

S. K. SMITH 



S7 



STERMOOR PILLOWS AND BOLSTERS are far purer, sweeter, 
cleaner and cooler than feathers or hair, and better in every way. They 
are not quite so soft as feathers, but are far softer than hair, and from a 
sanitary standpoint much more desirable than either. 





Copyright 

1897 

Ostermoor & Co 



Ostermoor Bolster, 18 inches wide, 54 inches long, Satin Finish Ticking, $5.00. 
Price list, Bolsters, all sizes, page 127. 

J* 

Medical Department U. S. Army, Fort Assinniboine, Mont. 
Lieut. S. M. DeLoffre. 
Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. March L0. 1901 

Gentlemen:— I have used one of your Ostermoor Mattresses for twenty-three years and it has given 
the most perfect satisfaction in every way, proving all you claim. Very truly yours 

S. M. DELOFFRE, SURGEON, U. S. A. 

Fifth Avenue Theater, New York. 
Edwin Knowles, Sole Manager. 

Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. December 22, 1000. 

Gentlemen:— I desire to say that I have used Ostermoor Mattresses on my beds for nearly eighteen 
years, and I would not be without them. I consider them far superior to any other mattress made, both 
as regards comfort and durability. Believe me, very truly yours, 

EDWIN KNOWLES 

St. Joseph's Institute, West Chester, N. Y. 

Male Department for the Improved Instruction of Deaf Mutes. 

Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. March 9, 1900. 

Gentlemen: — Having used Ostermoor Mattresses in our institution for the last eighteen years, we 
willingly bear testimony to their superior merits. 

Those ordered from you eighteen years ago are about as good as when first used. We consider them 
far superior to hair mattresses. Very respectfully yours, 

CELESTINE SCHOTTMULLER 

IC& V* 10* 

Hyatt House, Washington, Ind. 

Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. March 9, 1901. 

Dear Siks: — Have used Ostermoor Mattresses for the past nine years, in this house, and for private 
family use over seventeen years. 

They are in my opinion the very best thing I ever used, as they never mat down, become hard or 
lumpy, absorb no moisture, and need no remaking. 

I prefer the Ostermoor Mattress to any other, not excepting the finest hair. 

Very resDectfully yours, 

ALBION HORRALL 



Proved 

all we claim 

during 23 years' 

experience. 



Used 18 years. 

Would not 

be without them. 

Superior 

to all others. 



Most superior 

merits. 

Better than hair. 

18 years old. 

Good as new. 



Used 

Ostermoor 

Mattresses 

17 years 

and prefer to 

finest hair. 



( < nistant use by 
invalid both day 

and night 
for 17 years— with- 
out the slightest 

depression. 



mi .,■,,, , old 

Retain elasticity. 

Preferred 

to best hair. 



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INVALIDS CAN SECURE MORE COMFORT 
on an Ostermoor Mattress than on any other they have 
yet found. Its constant elasticity, no matter if used 
day and night ; its evenness and perfect freedom 
from lumps or knots makes it a delight and joy to 
the bed-ridden. 

For special cases and for those seeking 
exceptional comfort we make special Mat- 
tresses, thicker and with daintier care, far 
more luxuriously resilient than regular — more 
costly, of course, but of still greater perfec- 
tion, as firm as you wish, or as soft as a 
feather bed. See next page. 

H. J. Franklin, Troy, N. Y. 

Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. January 27, 1904. 

Gentlemen: We have used Ostermoor Mattresses for the past seventeen years and during that time 

one has been in constant use both night and day — being used by an invalid — really three times seventeen 
years' ordinary use, equal to more than fifty years ordinarily — and with such continued use there is not 
even the slightest depression in it. It is my opinion it is far superior to any curled hair mattress of the 
finest quality in the market. Wishing you all the success possible, I remain, Very truly yours, 

& & jt H. J. FRANKLIN 

Thomas F- Joyce, M.D., New York City. 

Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. 217 East 31st St., March 13, 1902. 

Gentlemen : — It is now twenty years since I purchased two Ostermoor Mattresses. They are still in 
use and are giving perfect satisfaction ; they never mat down, become hard or lumpy, but always retain 
their elasticity, do not absorb moisture, consequently are free from foul odors, always fresh and sweet. 
1 ptefer them to the best curled hair. Respectfully yours, THOMAS F.JOYCE 







Water Gap Sanitarium, IVIinsie, Monroe Co., Pa. 
Dr. F. Wilson Hurd, Prop. 
Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. January 10, 1902. 

Dear Slks:— Have been using Ostermoor Mattresses for the past seventeen years. The 
test has been one well calculated to prove their efficiency and the claims you make. They are 
certainly most restful, healthful beds, and have given entire satisfaction to all 
the guests, who pronounce them the finest they have ever slept upon. 

No better beds can possibly be obtained, particularly for use in insomnia 
nervous cases, and for all persons who have trouble in sleep. 

Your product is certainly a remarkable one, and of great benefit to 
mankind, and we are happy to say a good word for so wonderful a bed and 
well worthy of the highest praise. Yours trull , F.WILSON HURD 

(^* ^* ti?* 

David B. Sherwood, Elgin, 111. 
Attorney at Law. 
Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. March 6, 1904. 

Gentlemen:— I have used Ostermoor Mattresses for some fifteen 
years in my family. They are all you claim for them ; and to a 
sick person they are a continuous blessing. In cleanliness and 
healthfulness your Mattresses are the best and cheapest- 
good as new after many years' use, evenly soft and comfortable, 
and very restful. Yours truly, D. B. SHERWOOD 




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Ostermoor Special Mattresses 




Especially Soft French Edge Mattress,! ft. 6 in. wide, two parts, Mercerized Art Twills, $23.00. 

See price list page 132. 

We make still thicker ones. See price list, page 133. 
Extra Firm, Hard Mattresses, with Square Tufts, listed, page 134. 



Canandaigua, N. Y. 
Messrs. Ostermoor & ( • ». January 15, 1904. 

Dear Sirs:— We have used your Ostermoor Mattresses continuously for thirty-seven years with per- 
fect and ever-increasing satisfaction. They prove your claims in all particulars, and are certainly 
uncqualed— so soft and restful, and everlastingly comfortable. Very respectfully, m Q BR , STOl 

t^* (^* (^* 

60 Fifth Avenue, New York City. 
Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. March 10, 1904. 

Gentlemen :— Will you please send me a Special Ostermoor Mattress, to be of the same excellent 

kind I have bought so frequently and found so very satisfactory during the past fifteen years. 

There are none so good as Ostermoor. Yours very truly, 



MRS. THOS. F. RYAN 






Brooklyn, N. Y. 

Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. 161 Gates Ave., March 1, 1904. 

Dear Sirs :— We have used Ostermoor Mattresses in our family thirty years, and they are still in 
perfect condition, always used by invalids repeatedly. 

We consider them superior to the best hair mattress in comfort and durability and would use no other. 

Very respectfully, 



MRS. C. 



RIGGS 



(^* t^* *^* 



Rev. Dr. S. M. Studdiford, Trenton, N. J. 

Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. 311 South Clinton Avenue, March 6, 1904. 

Devr Sirs :— The Ostermoor Mattress you sold me twenty-five years ago is still in service and is in 
most excellent condition, as well as the Ostermoor Cushions you put in our church-the Third Presbyterian 
— atsametime. All are as good as ever. Yours truly, SAMUEL M. STUDDIFORD 



Cnequaled. 

:!7 years' perfect 

satisfaction. 



X' mr so good. 
- vcars. 



Still in perfect 

condition after 

30 years' use. 



•_'."> years of service 
and in most excel- 
lent condition. 



6o 



Extract from Hall's Journal of Health. 




WHOLESOME BED 



is at last possible. It is safe to say 

that the majority of ail beds in use 

in the best houses are unclean, and in a good state to induce disease. This 

will seem strange to our readers, but they will presently see the philosophy 

of the remark. 

By far the largest portion of beds in use among us are made in whole 
or in part from some animal substance, chiefly curled hair. These are 
naturally and almost uniformly wanting in cleanliness. They impart their 
own peculiar animal odor to the air about them, and give off an offensive 
oil to whatever they come in contact with. Besides, the usual manner of 
gathering and preparing these unwholesome articles, added to the decep- 
tions practiced by the incorporation of substances to cheapen them, render 
beds not infrequently things to be avoided rather than to be sought with assurance of 
calm and sweet repose. 

It stands to reason that vegetable substances would prove more healthful and 
infinitely more agreeable than animal fibres for this purpose, provided the essential condition of perma- 
nent elasticity could be secured. The tendency of vegetable fibres is to pack and consolidate, a 
characteristic which is perhaps less apparent in feathers and curled hair. For many years cotton was 
employed, and greatly admired for its sweetness; but its tendency to mat, pack and become uneven 
and depressed in spots after continued use rendered it unpopular and undesirable. 

But some years ago those ingenious people, Ostermoor & Co., discovered a method of forming 
cotton into light and very elastic sheets, and from that moment it was found possible to make 
pillows, mattresses and cushions possessing quite as much elasticity as the best hair, and with no 
tendency to become solid after much wear. To accomplish this a fine quality of cotton was required, 
which, after being perfectly cleaned, was subjected to intense heat, and afterward treated to a chemical 
solution which imparted to it interlacing power. It was then made into the light and airy sheets of 
which we have spoken, and these sheets were piled one upon another until the desired thickness was 
reached. The structure was then covered with a tick, constituting the wholesome and comfortable 

OSTERMOOR MATTRESS. 



FACSIMILE OSTERMOOR 

MATTRESS LABEL 

REDUCED SIZE 




FACSIMILE OSTERMOOR 

MATTRESS LABEL 

REDUCED SIZE 



NONE ARE GENUINE OSTERMOOR WITHOUT THIS LABEL. 



BEWARE OF IMITATIONS. SEE PACES 38 AND 39. 



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IT ISN'T NECESSARY TO TRAVEL to seek the rest cure-the change 
from a hair to an Ostermoor Mattress will do more than change of scene. 
The expressman brings the Ostermoor to your home— just as it leaves our 
workroom, carefully wrapped in sterilized water-proof paper ; 
burlap, fresh, clean, pure, untouched, undefiled, yours 
alone, not handled 
by a d o z e n 
people, and 
hauled and 
mauled in 
open wag- 
o n t o 
your 
door. 




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- ir.is^^^^tf? 



Nervousness sleeplessness, and insomnia may not be entirely cured— but that 
dread condition can at least be palliated and restful sleep secured by the use of 
an Ostermoor Mattress. . . 

This has been proven. At our urgent request a prominent physician 
suggested the use of an Ostermoor Mattress to a patient, a lady unable to sleep, 
and unable to travel, and he reports his astonishment and her delight and grati- 
tude at the wonderful Cure effected. Two more converts to the use of Oster- 
moor, who heretofore thought hair unexcelled. 

Dr Cyrus Edson. 

_ - r 56 W. 50th St., New York, Feb. 26, 1902. A t b i ess * m g. 

MeS G:; N ™ R rT h t rSennoor Mattresses is an absolutely ideal, soothing soporific sleep inducer and ^ducesjeep 

a ereat blessing. I deem its use in cases of insorr nia almost magical in securing sleep. 

B ° CYRUS EDSON 



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So satisfactory 

would not consider 

using: any other 

after 15 years' 

experience. 



Can surely 

recommend. 

Good 

as ever, although 

is years old. 



liest mattress ever 

used. 

As good today 

as when 

purchased 

20 vears ago. 



Cannot 

praise too highly. 

after 14 years' 

constant use. 

i.midas new. 



14 years' 

experience taught 

me. 

liest obtainable. 

Superior to hair. 



Northern Papific Beneficial Ass'n, Brainerd, Minn. 
W. Courtney, M.D., Chief Surgeon Eastern Division. 

Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. January 18, 1904. 

Gentlemen:— It is now some fifteen years since we began using your Ostermoor Mattresses, and we 
have purchased nothing else since that time. They have been so satisfactory that ive have not deemed it 
necessary to consider any other goods than your own. They have worn well and remain smooth and 
elastic longer than any other mattress we have ever used. 

As long as Ostermoor mattresses continue to give us as much satisfaction we will buy no other. 

Yours truly, 

WALTER COURTNEY 

Interlaken Sanitarium, LaPorte, Ind. 
Horace Wardner, A.M., M.D. 

Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. January 21, 1900. 

Gentlemen:— That particular Ostermoor Mattress I got of you eighteen years ago has been in con- 
stant use, and I do not see but it is as good as ever. I can surely recommend them highly. 

Very truly, 

HORACE WARDNER 

Waldemere. Mamaroneck, Westchester County, N. Y. 

For the Private Care and Treatment of Nervous and Mental Disorders. 

Elon N. Carpenter, M.D., no W. 57th St., New York City. 

Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. March 12, 1902. 

Gentlemen:— I have been using nothing but Ostermoor Mattresses for the past twenty years. Some 
of them have been in constant use all of this time and today are apparently in as good shape as the day they 
were purchased, not having been made over during the whole t%uenty years' service. 

I do not hesitate to say they are the best mattresses J have ever used, either in a public or a private 
hospital. 

I am using them in my New York home, and they are giving me as much satisfaction at home as in the 
hospital. They can not help but please the most fastidious. Very truly yours, 

E N. CARPENTER, M.D. 

The Glen Springs, Watkins, N. Y. 

Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. January 25, 1904. 

Gentlemen:— The Ostermoor Mattresses I Purchased from you in 1890 have given perfect satisfac- 
tion. I cannot speak too highly in their praise, and after fourteen years 0/ constant use I do not see but 
that they are just as good as they were the day we purchased them. 

I have personally slept on one, and it is today perfectly smooth and elastic as ever. I weigh some- 
thing over two hundred, and that's a pretty good test. You may send me two more of the four-foot-six 
size, |30.00 each, extra thick, Imperial border, weighing sixty pounds each. 

Yours very truly, 

WILLIAM E. LEFFINGWELL, PRESIDENT 

t^* t^* (^* 

St. Albans Hospital, St. Albans, Vt. 
T. R. Waugh, M.D., Supt. 

Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. February 19, 1904. 

Dear Sirs:— It is with pleasure that I do what I hesitate to do as general rule. I do not intend to give 
my name to a bad thing, or speak in too excessive terms of only a reasonably good one. 

But I have used Ostermoor Mattresses for the past fourteen years in the hospital, and I find they do 
continue soft and elastic and are so far superior to best of hair I cannot endorse too highly. 

Experience has taught me this, and compelled me to change my first judgment, formed hastily on 
examination, without experience and use, for which I apologize. I am more than pleased, for they are 
certainly the best mattress we have ever found. I am, respectfully, 

T. R. WAUGH 



Used 

"all the time,'' 

not 

'some of the time 

The Ostermour 

Mattresses 

only 

stand this test 

without 

renovating. 



63 

FOR HOSPITAL MATTRESSES. 



■ Ik 



No better, 

no softer 

mattress 

can be found. 

Used constantly, 

all the time, 

day and night. 

Always 

enduringly 

elastic. 





STERMOOR MATTRESSES HAVE PROVEN THE STANDARD 

of excellence for hospital use where a sanitary mattress of undoubted pur- 
ity and cleanliness is not only desired, but an absolute necessity. 
Ostermoor Mattresses are absolutely guaranteed to be dust-proof, vermin- 
proof and non-absorbent, and practically germ-proof. They possess most marvel- 
ous everlasting elasticity that is not affected by steaming or sterilization of any 
kind. They can be put through whole, and come forth as soft and elastic, sweet, 
pure and clean, showing no depreciation whatsoever. 

For hospital use we recommend that Ostermoor Mattresses be made in three 
parts, as shown on page 49. These parts are readily interchanged and easily re- 
placed if soiled, etc. 

J* 

New York Foundling Hospital, New York City. 

Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. East 68th St., February 10, 1904. 

Dear Sirs:— We have been using the Ostermoor Mattresses and Ostermoor Pillows exclusively 
throughout this institution /or the last thirty years, and there has been no necessity 0/ having them 
remade during all that time. 

We most gladly recommend them as the cleanest and most comfortable mattresses possible to be ob- 
tained. We would use no other. Theorder just given you for 400 Ostermoor Mattresses, Pillows and 
Bedsteads for our Summer Home must prove our strong endorsement. Respectfully, 

SISTER THERESA VINCENT, SISTERS OF CHARITY 



Would use no 

other. 

After SO years' 

service without 

renovation. 



Proven all claimed 

in every 
way for 22 years. 



Used 19 years 

with increasing 

satisfaction. 



19 years' entire 
satisfaction. 

Highly 
recommended. 



64 
St. Catherine's Hospital, Brooklyn, N. Y. 

Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. Bushwick Ave, January 'JO, L904. 

Gent lem en :— Having used the Ostermoor Mattresses throughout for over twenty years, it pleases 
me to state that they are still in good condition, need no repairs, all you claim in every way, and I can 
gladly recommend them, as we are certainly well pleased. Very respectfully, 

SISTER M. CATHERINE, SISTERS OF ST. DOMINIC 

^* t^* (^* 

St. Peter's Hospital, Brooklyn, N. Y. 

Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. Henry St., bet. Congress and Warren, March 24, 1904. 

Respected Sirs:— We have used your Ostermoor Mattresses for the past nineteen years with increas- 
ing satisfaction, and we highly recommend them to institutions and hospitals as the best mattress obtain- 
a le. Very respectfully, 

SISTER DEMETRIA, SISTERS OF THE POOR OF ST. FRANCIS 

St. Francis' Hospital, Trenton, N. J. 

Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. January 2(i, 1901. 

Dear Sins: — Your Ostermoor Mattresses have been in use over nineteen years in our hospital. They 
have given entire satisfaction, and we can highly recommend them as the most comfortable and durable 
bed possible to be obtained. Very truly, 

Sisters of St. Francis 






For 17 years best 

ever used. 

Possess all 

merits claimed. 



Used constantly, 
day and night, 

for 22 years ; 

never sag in 
middle. 



St. Louis Mullanphy Hospital, St. Louis, Mo. 

Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. Grand Ave. and Montgomery St., March 1, 1902. 

Gentlemen: — Your Ostermoor Mattresses have been in use in this hospital for the past seventeen 
years, and we are happy to testify in their favor. We are convinced that they are the best mattresses we 
have ever used, and when we add that they have all the good qualities you claim for them, we think 
further praise is unnecessary. Yours respectfully, 

SISTER M. GABRIELLE, SISTERS OF CHARITY 

^* (<?* (*?• 

Christ Hospital, Jersey City, N. J. 

Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. 167 Palisade Ave., March 18, 1901. 

Gentlemen: — The Ostermoor Mattresses purchased of you twenty-two years ago are in good condi- 
tion to-day. They have been in constant use mist of the time, day and night. They never get lumpy or 
sag in the middle, and are always comfortable. Very truly, 

Mrs. R. S. NOBLE, Supt. 
<^* ^* ^* 



Claims 
substantiated 

during 
14 years' use. 



House of Divine Providence and Home for Incurables, Ridgewood, N. Y. 

Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. March 2, 1901. 

Dear Sirs:— It gives us pleasure to say that we have had Ostermoor Mattresses in use for fourteen 
years or more, and they substantiate all that may be said in their praise, and are very satisfactory indeed, 
although used so long without repairs. Respectfully yours, 

Sisters of Charity 



Over 25 years' 

satisfactory use. 

Highly 

commendable. 



Convent of St. Clare, Hartwell, Ohio. 

Messrs. Ostermoor & So. February 14, 1904. 

Respected Gentlemen:— Will gladly state that Ostermoor Mattresses have given, and are giving, 
full satisfaction during the nineteen years that we have been using them in our hospitals here in the West, 
and in our Eastern houses, where they have been in use about twenty-Jive years. We find they are highly 
, ommendable for their wonderful durability and great elasticity. Yours very respectfully, 

Sisters of the Poor of St. Francis 



!N HOSPITAL USE Ostermoor Mattresses have proven a 
wonderful success. Of everlasting elasticity, they never 
lump, mat or pack. Of such endurance they absolutely stand 
the hard, constant service necessary for hospital use, as is 
instanced and proven by the thousands of testimonial letters 
we have received, those printed below from the Rochester 
City Hospital being peculiarly applicable. Used constantly 
for thirty-two years, twenty- 
four hours instead of eight 
hours a day, they havii 

given really ninety-six years ordinary home 

service, although the wear, tear and usage 

of a hospital is so much greater, and yet 

these mattresses today are as good as 

new. The record is unparalleled. 




Rochester City Hospital, 
Rochester, N. Y. 

March 2, 1894. 
Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. 

Dear Sirs : — The mattresses have arrived and 
are certainly equal to new. I am glad, indeed, to add 
my testimony to the many which you have already re- 
ceived as to the excellence of the Ostermoor Mattresses. 
// is surely proof enough of their superiority to say that after 
having had twenty-five years' hard, constant use, without any 

renovation whdtever, they have now been made practically new at less than one-half tin 

Very respectfully yours, 

HELEN M. GAMWELL, Su 




original eost. 



PER1NTENDENT 



After 25 years' 
use. 



Rochester City Hospital, Rochester, N. Y. 

Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. New York, Nov. 22, 1901. 

Gentlemen :— Miss Gamwell, Supt. in 1894, is now married, but I take pleasure in stating that the 
Ostermoor Mattresses are still in use, have been frequently steamed and yet are in excellent condition 
today. Yours very truly, 

S. F. PALMER, Superintendent 

St. Agnes' Hospital, Philadelphia, Pa. 

Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. March 10, 1902. 

Gentlemen: — It affords us great pleasure to recommend Ostermoor Matresses as the best we ever 
had. We have been using them in our St. Mary's and St. Agnes' Hospital for the past twenty-two years, 
and they are in perfect condition today, although used nearly all the time — both day and night. 

We are /leased with them yearly, more and more. They are a comfort to the patients and also to the 
nurses, and we would never use any other, and we gladly recommend Ostermoor as the most durable and 
satisfactory mattress known. Yours respectfully, 

Sisters Mary Borromeo and Xavier, o. S. F. 



After 32 years' 
use. 



22 years old 

and in perfect 

condition 

today. 



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Well pleased 

during 16 years' 

ci instant use. 



23 years' satisfac- 
tory service. 
Would use no 

other. 



AINTY LITTLE MATTRESSES for the little folks' 
dainty little Cribs and Beds, daintily made of dainty 
coverings on special orders, filled with Ostermoor, are 

Superior to all Others. Price List, foot Pages 129 to 134. 

New Jersey State Board of Education, Alpine, N. J. 

Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. February 23, 190-1. 

Gentlemen : — The Ostermoor Mattresses I purchased from you twenty-two 
years ago have been constantly in use ever since, are still in good order, and 
most satisfactory. We have not found it necessary to have anything done to 
them whatever. Yours very truly, 

S. MILES 

Judges' Chambers, New York City. 
U. S. District Court. 

Room 64, P. O. Building, February 20, 190:!. 
Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. 

Gentlemen: — The Ostermoor Mattresses you made for me sixteen years 

ago have been in constant use ever sini e and are still good. I am so well pleased, 

and entirely satisfied in every way — this present order is to equip me throughout. Both Mattresses 

and Cushions are all you claim. Yours truly, 




ADDISON BROWN 



Unsurpassed. 

I 'sciI fi ir '_!U years 

Stood the test 

in every 

particular. 



St. Mary's Orphan Asylum, Jersey City, N. J. 

Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. January 2, 1904. 

Dear Sirs:— We have been using Ostermoor Mattresses with the utmost satisfaction for the past 
twenty-three years and consider them far superior to the best hair. We cordially recommend them, es- 
pecially for hospitals and institutions, where their good qualities are a necessity. We would use >io other. 

Yours respectfully, S|ster p _ ASSIS , UM 

St. Joseph's Orphan Asylum, Burlington, Vt. 

Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. December 13, 1903. 

Gentlemen: — We think Ostermoor Mattresses are unsur- 
passed and most highly commendable in every particular, and 
especially so for their durability, sweetness, etc. We have 
used them for the last twenty years, and they have stood 
the test so well that they will prob- 
ably last a number of years longer 
with even greater satisfaction. 
Sincerely yours, 

Sister JOSEPH 



St. Mary's Hospital, Brooklyn, N. Y. 
Messrs. Osterm < & Co. February 12, L904. 

Gentlemen:— It gives me pleasure to say that we have 
been using Ostermoor Mattresses for the past thirty 
years, and we like them so well would use nothing else. 

The old ones are still in most excellent condition, 
fully as soft, fresh and comfortable as the new ones fur- 
nished in 1896 

Notwithstanding the hard, constant use they have 
had both day and night they never get lumpy or sag in 
the middle. I have recommended them to everybody. 
Very respect full v, 
SISTER M. STEPHEN, Sisters of Charity 





6 7 

HE LARGE HOTELS, CLUBS, Etc, desiring the most 
luxurious of Mattresses and Cushions have found the 
Ostermoor all that they desire — a delight and comfort 
to their guests and patrons. 

Hotel Marie Antoinette, New York City. 
Grand Boulevard and 66th Street. 



Messrs. Ostermoor & Cn. March 6, l'.KH. 

Gentlemen :— Ostermoor Mattresses are all that you claim. 
I prefer them to any hair mattress, and gladly endorse them most 
highly- Yours truly, 

A. DUTTENHOFER 

^* J* 1^* 

Louisville Hotel, Loulsviue, Ky. 
Ross Paris Co. 

Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. January 22 1904. 

Dear Sirs :— We have in use over one hundred Ostermoor Mat- 
tresses purchased of you in 188G, eighteen years ago, at w hich time the 
hotel was remodeled and refurnished. 

We have much pleasure in saying that they are as good as new to- 
day, and have given most excellent satisfaction. 

Very respectfully, ROSS PARIS CO 

Brooklyn, N. Y. 

Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. G2 2d Place, Jan. 24, 1900. 

My Dear Sirs: — More than twenty-five years since, my Mother 
purchased several Ostermoor Mat- 
tresses of you ; we were so satisfied 
that five years later we used 
them throughout the Guigou 
House, at Pine Hill, N. V. 
They gave tin- best of 
satisfaction, and are still in use. 

I am now using one of the first mattresses 
bought of you, and after twenty-five years' 
constant use I find it as good as new. 

I consider them better than hair and cannot 
speak of them too highly. 

I am very truly yours, 
A. GUIGOU, 
Former Owner and Prop, of the 
Guigou House, Pine Hill, N. Y. 

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The Julien House, Belvidere, III. 
D. A. Tousley, Proprietor. 

January 10, 1900, 
Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. 

Gentlemen: — Although we have run the 
Julien House since 1865 we only commenced using 
Ostermoor Mattresses sixteen years ago, and they 

have always given perfect satisfaction in every particular. The oldest ones we have are apparently as 
good as the day we f>ut them into use. We-think they are in every way superior to the /-est hair matresses, 
and cannot say too much in praise of them. Yours very truly 

D. A. TOUSLEY 



All you 

;laim. Prefer 

to hair. 



Good as new, 
though IS years 
old, giving 
excellent satisfac- 
tion. 



After 2"i years' 
constant use 
good as new- 
today. 




16 years' 

experience. 

Cannot say too 

much in praise. 



Slept on one for 

15 years. Still 
perfect and noth- 
ing like it in the 
world today. 



68. 

PRIVATE RESIDENCES IN THE UNITED STATES 

from Maine to California — North, South, East 
West — arc using Ostermoor Mattresses and 
Window Seat Cushions, Chair Cushions, etc., 
wherever Ostermoor can be used, and a sightly, 
shapely Cushion is desired (and when is it not?) 
An Ostermoor Cushion is free from dust, will 
keep in shape ami never mat down. 

J* 

Bell Place Realty Company, St. Louis, Mo. 
E. P. Bell, Gen'l Manager. Office, 814 Union Trust Building. 

707 Olive Street, February 13, 1902. 

Gentlkmkn :— The Ostermoor Mattress you sold me in June, 1887, fifteen. years ago, has been slept on 
by mo ever since, and I exfet t to enjoy its comfort for many years to come. We have never had anything 
done to it in these years. If everything we buy would give as good satisfaction for the money as the 
Ostermoor Mattresses, our lives would be strewn with true happiness. 

The mattress you ask about is on an old family four-post bedstead, one hundred and fifty years old, 
handed down in direct descent from one of the Royal Dukedoms of France, and I think your mattress now 
on it is better than any the whole line of Dukes ever saw in their lives, and there is certainly not// ing like 
it in the world today. Very truly, 

ERNEST P BELL 




Messrs. Ostermoor & C< 



Up; 







;i fiifMc 




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OSTERMOOR not HAIR 

is the only Mattress 

suitable for use in refined homes 

Ostermoor means Mattress Insurance 

Plus ever increasing comfort 

Less all remaking charges 



Austin, Nichols & Co., New York City. 

Importers, Manufacturers and Wholesale Grocers. 

Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. March 1, 1901. 

Gentlemen : — Nineteen years ago I was first attracted to Ostermoor Filling instead of hair as one of 
a committee of three looking for a good church cushion for the Janes M. E. Church of Brooklyn. 

We sold the hair cushions in use and substituted Ostermoor Cushions, by preference over all others, 
and our action has never been regretted. They have given perfect satisfaction during the past nineteen 
years of continuous use, and the wear is hardly perceptible. 

I also purchased Ostermoor Mattresses and Cushions for my personal use at various times, then and 
since, and I assure you that I never go away from home that I do not notice a vast difference, and sadly 
wish for the delightful luxury of my own bed. 

/ would not exchange Ostermoor Mattresses for the l>est hair mattresses that can be made, and I 
honestly believe there is no other material comparable with Ostermoor for a mattress or cushion. It is 
simply "par excellence.' 1 ' 1 Respectfully yours, 

♦J a ft CHAS. M. PATTERSON 

1^* t&* t^> 

J. S. Prout, M. D., Brooklyn, N. Y. 

Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. 26 Schermerhorn St., March 5, 1904. 

Gentlemen : — It gives me much pleasure to say that your Ostermoor Mattresses and Pillows, after 
nineteen rears' service, are as elastic and satisfactory as at the time of their purt hase. 

We know of nothing to compare with them in excellence, and would use no other. 

Respectfully, (Mrs.) J. S. PROUT 



' Par excellence. 
19 years' 
experience. 
Nothing com- 
parable with 
Ostermoor. 



19 years' 

satisfactory 

service. Elastic 

as ever. 




7o 

> A PADDING FOR OR CUSHIONS in Railway 
Cars and Carriages, nothing has yet been found 
that equals the Ostermoor Filling. It makes a 
cushion proof against moisture, moth and vermin, 
as well as dust ; is markedly resilient and practically 
unwearoutable, and for this purpose, as well as 
many others, Ostermoor Filling is incomparable. 
We refer to all the most prominent Railroad Car and 
Carriage Builders, who are large customers. 



Used 20 y'eai s. 

Words 

of highest 

Commendation, 



17 years' 

most 
excellent 
satisfaction. 
Highly appre- 
ciated for 
everlasting 
elastic quality. 



Messrs. Ostermoor iV G 



Edward L. Spencer, New York City. 

Attorney and Counselor at Lav/. 

45 Broadway, January '28, 1900. 
Gentlemen :— In 1880, twenty years ago, I purchased two of your Ostermoor Mattresses. These 
'mattresses were in constant use during all that period and had never been remade or required repairs of 
any kind. They a/ford us the greatest satisfaction. I used one personally ',' preferring it to a hair 
mattress. Their elasticity and durability, in my opinion, surpass the best hair. This is evidenced by the 
long and thorough test they were subjected to in my family. I have only words of the highest commen- 
dation for Ostermoor Mattresses. Yours very truly, EDWARD t- SPENCER 

t^* |^* t^* 

J. W. Beardsley's Sons, New York City. 

Pure Food Specialties. ' '\ 

Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. 474, 476, 478 Greenwich Street, March L5, 1904. 

Gentlemen : — We take great pleasure in saying that the Ostermoor Cushions we purchased for the 

Wesley M. E. Church, Hamilton, Bermuda, 

now in use some seventeen years or more, 

are giving most excellent satisfaction and 

are apparently as elastic as when put in. 

We can further say that the many Os- 
termoor Mattresses that you have sold us 

during same number of years, some of 
which we have been using in our 
own houses, have given most 
e cccllcnt satisfaction. The Os- 
termoor Cushions that you fur- 
nished for the Clinton Ave- 
nue Baptist Church, New- 
ark, N. J., have been much 
admired, and are also high- 
ly appreciated for their 
clastic quality. 

We take great pleasure 
in commending the Oster- 
moor Filling, and also the 
superior -workmanship dis- 
played in the various forms 
in which you have manu- 
factured it, and we have no 
hesitation in saying that we 
believe any one using it 
will be most thoroughly 
satisfied. We remain, 
Respectfully yours, 

J. W. BEARDSLEY 



Ostermoor 

Carriage 

Cushions 

are 

Rain proof 

and 

Dost proof 




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STERMOOR MATTRESSES are so absolutely water proof they 
will float. Moisture doesn't affect them in the least. They are, 
therefore, especially adapted for seaside use, where all other mat- 
tresses so soon become sodden and damp and uncomfortable. 

J* 



The Christian Intelligencer, New York City. 

Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. i and 6 Warren St., March 27, 1004. 

Gentlemen : — The Ostermoor Mattress, in our judgment, is far superior to the 
best hair mattress, being- decidedly more comfortable and cleanly, and requiring practically no attention 
bei ause of its freedom from matting and everlasting softness. 

We have had your Ostermoor in 
constant use in our home since the fall 
of 1889, and with the 
exception of cleansing 
the ticking, 
nothing has 
been done to 
it, and 
yet it 
holds 



Words of warmest 

praise for 

sterling merits. 

Proven superior to 

best hair, 

during 15 years. 




its shape al- 
ia o s t pi 
fei tly to this 
day ; apparently it is as 
good as the day we re- 
ceived it, fifteen years 
ago. We have nothing 
but -words of the warmest praise for the sterling merits of Ostermoor. 

Geneva Hygienic Institute, Geneva, N. Y. 

Dr. J. C Knapp, Supt. 
Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. March 19, 1904. 

Dear Sirs:— It gives us pleasure to say that the Ostermoor Mattresses we purchased of you twenty- 
six years ago have always given perfect satisfaction. They have been in constant use since we purchased 
them, and we think are superior to the best quality of curled hair. We cheerfully commend them as 
the most comfortable, satisfactory bed obtainable. Respectfully yours, j c KNAPP 



Very truly yours, 

R. F. BOGARDUS 



26 years' 

constant use. 

Perfectly 

satisfactory. 

Superior to hair. 



Perfect 

as they can 
be made. 



Wholesome, 

Healthful, 

Comfortable. 



Insures 

Perfect rest 

and poise 

of B< idy. 



72 

AKE ADVICE FROM THE HUMBLE CAT— seek an 
absolutely dry place to sleep. An Ostermoor is the only 
mattress made that is so dry that it will not even absorb 
moisture from the body ; hence absolutely sweet, pure, 
clean and comfortable at all times, under all sorts of con- 
ditions, and a hair mattress isn't ! 



Dr. H. B. Campbell. Bridgeton. N. J. 

Messrs. Ostermook & Co. April 8, 1903. 

Gentlemen :— I have an Ostermoor Bedstead, and on it an Ostermoor Upholstered Spiral Spring. < >n 
each there is an Ostermoor Mattress, both being covered with your High Grade Satin Finish Ticking, and 
it is no wonder that with a combination of such No. 1. body rests as that I have been sleeping so rest- 
fully over a third of my time ever since. 

I am timing up a cottage at the shore, and hope to 
add Ostermoor comforts there, on account of their 
peculiar fitness, for I think Ostermoor Mattresses, 
Cushions and Springs are about as perfect as they can 
be made and that you deserve success. 

Sincerely yours, 




H. B. CAMPBELL 



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Avon Park, Florida. 

March 12, 1903. 
Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. 

Gentlemen : — I have slept on Ostermoor Mattresses 
for several years with the greatest possible satisfac- 
tion and comfort, on account of the non-absorbent 
quality and consequent wholesomeness, being so much 
more healthful than any animal product can be. 

Dr. McCartney has some fifty of your Mattresses 
at the Hotel Verona of this place, and I hear only good 
words spoken of them. Their perfect wholesomeness 
and durability have been well proven. 

Wishing that every one could be supplied with your 
excellent beds, I remain, 

Very truly yours, 

O. R. THACHER 

Dr. R. R. De Witt, Hampshire, 111. 

March 6, 1004. 
Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. 

Gentlemen : — I really think I owe you an ac- 
knowledgment of the complete satisfaction the Oster- 
moor Mattress has given me during five years' use. 
To a doctor particularly, its firmness, softness, and 
hygienic qualities insure that perfect rest by a poise 
of body he of all others most appreciates. 

It is the one household article we prize above all 
others, and my wife says it is as good as the day it 
came. 

Yours truly. 

R. R. De WITT, M D. 




73 



PECIAL OSTERMOOR MATTRESSES OF ALL KINDS, 



hard as are used for gymnasium and tumbling, or to cure in- 
somnia, luxuriously soft sleep inducers, which possess an endur- 
ance four times as great as those made of any other material . 
Their absolute non-absorbent qualities, and even thickness 
and elastic resiliency, being markedly superior to all others. 



ini^ljl1111l1lliniU U;[ataLHttlttitli Martin W. Baku, M. D., Chief Physician. Frank M. Scheiblev, Steward. 

Pennsylvania Training School for Feeble-Minded Children, 
Elwyn, Delaware County, Pa. 

Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. February 17, 1902. 

Gentlemen: — Ostermoor Mattresses have been used for many years (nineteen i in this institution, and we have 
found them entirely satisfactory. 

Very truly yours, 







F. M. SCHEIBLEY 



William E. Norris, Palo Alto, California. 

Resident Agent Caledonian Insurance Co. 

Messrs. Ostermoor cy. Co. February '.mi, huh. 

Dear Sirs: — I purchased one of the Ostermoor Mattresses through an advertisement that induced me to make 
the trial over eight years ago. On receipt of the goods I found that your guarantee as to workmanship had been fully 
complied with; this is assured now, havingtesied to my infinite satisfaction its qualities as a bed — my faith in 
your promises being unconditionally con tinned, and I feci safe in asserting that you are selling the very best bed 
that mortal man ever slept upon. 

I am past middle life, of active habits, and my business keeps me out of doors most of the time, and since having 
the mattress, when I prepare for my night's rest it is with the blessed assurance of sweet and refreshing sleep and a 
pleasant awakening in the morning, with that " tired feeling" entirely 
banished. 

I had been greatly annoyed of late years with wakefulness, but 
I now enjoy most blessed rest and sleepless conditions have all disap- 
peared, that demon Insomnia having been forced to retreat before 
the magic of your sleep inducer, and I feel positive that did 
old Rip Van Winkle but have had an Ostermoor Mattress in- 
stead of a bed of forest leaves he would still be 
comatose, and Joe Jefferson an unknown man. 

Sancho Panza gave thanks to the 
man who invented sleep. I, wh 
through sad experience greatly 
value that invention, feel 
just as grateful to you, 
for your invention surely 
makes sleep possible. 
It is for that I give 
you this unsolicited 
testimonial to the val- 
ue of your produc- 
tion, and / consider 
it worthy of far more 
than I have said or 
can say in its praise. 
It is an absolutely 
perfect bed. 

Yours truly, 
WILLIAM E. NORRIS 





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.UAINT CONCEITS in the way of Furniture, 
with movable Cushions, can be most success- 
fully carried out with Ostermoor Filling, the 
two special pieces, as illustrated on this page, 
conveying but a slight idea of their beauty. 
The richness and elegance of movable cushions, 
daintily made, rather than heavy upholstery, is 
certainly appreciated by lovers of the artistic. 



The Gleason Health Resort, Elmira, N. Y. 
E. B. Gleason, Manager. 



PIANO SEAT BACK. 

Mahogany Frame, Movable Seat Cushion, 

Attached Back, Silk Velour Covering, $150. 



Nothing but 

words of praise. 

Will last 

indefinitely. 

After 
15 years' use. 



Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. March 9, 1901. 

Gentlemen: — The Ostermoor Mattresses which you sold me 
snme fifteen years ago have been in constant use in our establishment 
ever since that time. 

I am glad to say they have given entire satisfaction, and from their 
present appearance I think they will last for an indefinite period without remaking, required by hair. 
/ have used one on my own bed and have nothingbut words of praise for it, as it retains its elasticity 
and smoothness \ ami is superior in comfort to any other mattress that we have ever used. I can most sin- 
cerely recommend them to any one who desires an evenly soft, restful mattress, that unlike hair willnot 
be, ome dt ad or lumpy by < onstant, hard use 

It is not my habit to give such letters, but when I find an article so really good, I am pleased you 
should derive any benefit you can from my appreciation of your excellent mattress. Yours truly, 

■£ •>* •* E. B. GLEASON 



January 7. 1900. 



Ostermoor 

all you claim. 

Better than 

anything 

else. 



17 years old. 
Worn exceedingly 

well. Have 
retained elasticity 

remarkably. 



A. D. Southworth, Northfield, Minn. 

Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. 

Gentlemen : — The Ostermoor Mattress is indeed all you claim. 

Until I bought your mattress I had been sleeping on an "air mattress," which caused me no end of 
suffering'. It was fairly good with the mercury not lessthan 65 degrees, but lower than that, even with lots 
oi blankets under one and unless the bed is softly blown and only half full of air, the cold air rushes between 
one's back and the [mattress and it takes far more of the warmth from this aged fellow than I have on tap. 

The man who induced me to buy the "air mattress" suicided last August, a victim of insomnia. Had 
In- but an Ostermoor he would have had a far better show of favors from that coy goddess " Sleep," and 
would have had, I am sure, a much longer life. 

Anything I have said relative to the merits of the Ostermoor Mattress 1 am ready to substantiate. 
I 'seas von see /it, if you think it will indu, e any one to buy an Ostermoor, and so set themselves the best found- 
ation in the wide, wide world for a grand, 
restful time, hater than anything they 
,) a . <e yet , rperit n, ed. 

Yours very truly, 

A. D. SOUTHWORTH 

t£m i£m if* 

Cincinnati, O. 

2209 Auburn Ave., January 26, 1902. 
.i irs. Ostermoor >V ( !< i. 

Gentlemen: — We like Ostermoor Mat- 
t resses after seventeen years' use very much 
indeed ; they have worn exceedingly well 
and have retained their elasticity to a re- 
markable degree. We prefer them to any 
'her mattress made. 

Yours truly, 

J. B. TREVOR 




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76 

TEST MADE ABOARD U. S. MAN OF WAR. 

U. S. S. "Vandalia," 3rd Rate, 
Navy Yard, New York. 

~F~- "t\ commodore earl English, U. S. N., 

™*-* — v ' Chief of the Bureau of Equipment and Recruiting. 

Washington, 1). C, December 10, 1879. 

Sir : — In obedience to your orders of December 8th, I 
beg leave to submit herewith the statements to me of Lieut. - 
Commander G. F. F. Wilde, Executive officer of this vessel, 
in reference to the Ostermoor Mattresses and Pillows. 

This statement is made in accordance with the Instructions received at the time 
the said articles were issued to this ship for trial, with my approval of the same. 
" The Ostermoor Mattresses and Pillows were placed in the berths of the ship on the 2Gth day of 
March last, and have, therefore, undergone a trial of something more than eight months. 

" The present condition of the Mattresses and Pillows shows that they retain their original elas- 
ticity unimpaired. The surface of the filling remains even and smooth without having formed into 
'lumps' or 'knots' to the slightest extent. In the tropical climate the filling was found to be a 
remarkably cool and comfortable substance to lie upon. It was non-absorbent of moisture, either from 
the body or damp atmosphere, and remained sweet and pure, and free from the slightest objectionable 
odor under all conditions of atmosphere. 

" The Mattresses and Pillows were also found to be free from vermin of all kinds, at all times. 
In one room where there was a hair mattress in use, the officer occupying it was troubled with bug 
vermin, despite all efforts to prevent the annoyance, but the Filling in every instance remained proof 
against the pests. 

" As regards the flotation qualities of the ' Ostermoor,' I would make the following report of test 
made by me. A sample or ' model ' mattress, one foot long, ten inches wide, and five inches thick, 
weighing one and one-half pounds in the aggregate, was used. The ticking at one end was cut away 
to permit the water to make its way in between the sheets of filling, if possible. A chain shackle, 
weighing twenty-five pounds, was made fast to the model, which was then placed in the water. At 
the end of twenty-four consecutive hours the upper side of the model was still above the surface of the 
water ; upon being taken from the water and examined, the model was found to weigh four and one- 
half pounds gross weight, the greater part of this weight being caused by the water which the ticking 
had absorbed. The water had penetrated the ' filling' only about one-eighth (%) of an inch. 

" I would recommend the Ostermoor Mattresses and Pillows for the use of Officers of the Navy. 
My opinion is that the Ostermoor filling is the most cleanly, comfortable and durable substance, for 
the purpose to which it is put, ever tried in the navy, and it is a most efficient life-preserving material 
as well. 

" All the officers of the ship using these Mattresses concur with me in this opinion, and I strongly 
recommend the universal use of these Mattresses and Pillows by the bureau." 

Very respectfully. 

Your obedient servant, 
Commandant's office, RICHARD W. MEADE, 

Navy Yard, New York. Commander U. S. N., Commanding. 

Forwarded December 11th, 1879. 
W . W . QUEEN, Captain Commanding. 




77 

T SEA THE IMPORTANCE OF THE MATTRESS is most 

readily recognized. Many a passenger can recall the discomfort, 

even agony, of a night spent on a damp, dank, sodden mattress, 

and the after effect of cold and rheumatism. Not one in a 

hundred of the average steamer mattresses is as dry as it should 

be. All other mattresses we have ever seen when near water 

rapidly absorb moisture. The Ostermoor never will, but is 



so non-absorbent it wi 
than cork, sustaining 

weight in the water for 

moor Pillow or Mat- 
that straps and 

plicated ad just - 

life preservers 

Every ounce of 

an ounce of life 

mattress fi 1 1 e d 

superior to hair 

luxuriously soft \ 

ab 1 e , surpassing \ 

and purity, and 

enduring. Always 

clean — n o m u s t y 

perfect at all times and 

against all vermin. The 

fectly ideal mattress in every 




float, and is more buoyant 
fifteen times its own 
many days. An Oster- 
tress is so effective 
their varied com- 
ments used with 
are unnecessary. 
Ostermoor is 
preserver and a 
with same far 
and far more 
and comfort- 
i n cleanliness 
these merits are 
sweet, pure and 
odor — s an i tar i 1 y 
absolutely proof 
Ostermoor is the per- 
respect, a s h o r e or afloat. 



t^» ^* ^* 



Navy Yard, Boston, Mass. 

w „ n March 18, 1904. 

Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. 

Gentlemen :-While Executive Officer of the U. S. S. "Vandalia," in March, 1878, just twenty-six years ago, 
Ostermoor Mattresses were purchased for the Ward Room against my desire, as up to that time I considered [hair 
very much better, but I have always congratulated myself upon their introduction, for my bed proved to be the finest 
I had ever known, and as I wrote you in my last letter from Manila while aboard the » Oregon, I have since that 
time used Ostermoor Mattresses exclusively, and would buy no other did they cost double that of any other mattress 

made. . ... . , 

Those I have purchased for my own use at various times during the past twenty-six years, arc still in use, and 
have proven perfect in elasticity ; free from lumps and hollows, are fully as satisfactory as the day they were fur- 
chased, and I have gladly sung their praises at all times. 

When Secretary of the Light House Board, from A ugust, l8g 4 , to March, l8q8, I purchased Ostermoor Mattresses 
to Jit out various vessels for the Light House Establishment. They have all given the most entire satisfaction not 
only for their exceptional comfort and elasticity, but because they retain that elasticity, are non-absorbent, and more 
than all aboard ship, vermin will not come near thou. _ 

From actual experience, I can most heartily endorse all you can say in their praise, and wishing you every 
success deserved by so meritorious an artiele I am sincerely yours, 

F. F. WILDE, Capt., U. S. Navy 



Thorough 

and exhaustive 

tests made 

and 

reports gathered 

from 

exact data. 



73 

Extracts J from paper before the American Geographical Society, New York. 

BY THEODORUS B. M. MASON, Lieutenant U. S. Navy. 

From the Bulletin of the Society: 

"The Ostermoor Mattress has just been adopted by the Navy Department. 

It has been approved and recommended by a board ordered by the Chief of 

the Steamboat Inspection Service. This is a step in the right direction, and 

could steamship companies be made to see that their own interests would 

be advanced by providing such means and advertising it, just as hotels have 

provided fire-escapes and apparatus, a great stride would have been taken. 

"This mattress is an invention of Mr. H. D. Ostermoor, of this city. 

The Board of Naval Officers who tested it at Washington report that ' the 

Mattress ' consists of several sheets or thicknesses of raw cotton, which had 

been subjected to a great heat, to remove all possible traces of vegetable oils, 

and then while under pressure, to a process which renders the fibres impervious 

to water or dampness. 

"A 'bunk mattress' of this kind supported one man weighing 150 lbs., 
who stood upon it, and a dead weight of 50 lbs. of iron, without sinking 
enough to wet its upper side. It also supported two such men, only wetting 
the soles of their shoes. After twenty-four hours floating, the ticking having 
become saturated, the inside was examined, and found to be totally untouched by 
moisture, the extreme outer fibres of the outer sheets being barely touched by the 
dampness. Heavy weights were then used to sink it, and it remained under water 
forty-eight hours. Upon being examined at the end of this time, it was found 
that the moisture had penetrated between the sheets, the interior of the sheets 
themselves being entirely free from dampness. The mattress was then 
dried, when the usual softness and sponginess was observed to return to the 
material. So well pleased was the Board with the comfort and cheapness 
of the mattress that they recommended it even for shore use. They have, 
however, already been used for a long time on shore and afloat. Pullman 
uses them in his sleeping-cars and uses the material for filling cushions of 
his palace cars. They are used in many of the Hospitals ami Public 
Institutions. All who have used them testify in highest terms as to then- 
softness, their not lumping and their cleanliness. The objection to mattresses stuffed with cork is 





their hardness and sogginess after being in the water 
waterproof covers, their smell. An Ostermoor Billow 
pounds, on which were placed thirty pounds of iron, is 
spectors to have floated eight days. An Ostermoor chair | 
a man in the water with the greatest ease." 

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1 606 20th Street, N. W., Connecticut Avenue. 

Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. Washington, D. C, March 22, 1900. 

Gentlemen :— In answer to yours of the 18th inst., regarding a 
paper read by me before the American Geographical Society, Feb- 
ruary 27th, 1870, beg to say that I have had no reason to change my 
opinion since ; on the contrary, my twenty-one years' experience with 
( (stermoor Mattresses has but strengthened it. I shall be glad to ren- 
der you any other assistance you may require in bringing so good an 
article to public notice. Very truly yours, 

THEO. B. M. MASON, LIEUT. COMD., U. S. Navy 



for some time ; to those with 
weighing three and a half 
reported by the steamboat in- 
cushion would therefore support 




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79 



THE OSTERMOOR IS A LIFE PRESERVER. 




Extract from Proceedings of the Board of Supervising Inspectors of Steam Vessels 

at the Twenty-seventh Annual Session, held at Washington, D. C, 

Commencing on January 15, 187 9. 

At the meeting of February 3, 1879, the following was adopted : 

" Your Committee on Life-Saving Appliances, to which was referred the Ostermoor Mattress, for 
approval as an auxiliary Life-Saving appliance, have examined the same. The Committee has made 
some tests with the Ostermoor filling, and finds it very satisfactory. It also finds, after the Mattress 
had remained in the water several days, that the filling was only partly wet. In one test, a Pillow of 
three and one-half (3j^) pounds was made, on which were placed thirty pounds of iron, and it floated 
eight davs without sinking. When the mattress is made of the same material as that which was tested, 
the ("ommittee would have no hesitation in recommending them as an auxiliary." 

(Sigd.) FRANK BURNETT, 
iSig-d.i e. PLATT STRATTAX, 
(Sigd.) JOHN FEHREXBATCH. 

Office Supervising Inspector-General Steamboats. 

Treasury Department, April ■!(), 1902. 
I certify that the above is a true copy of an extract from the proceedings of the Board of Supervising Inspectors, 
Twenty-seventh Annual Meeting, held in Washington, January, 1879. I am using an Ostermoor Mattress mysetf and 
think them absolutely unequaled. 

JAMES A. DUMONT, Stip'g Inspector-General 



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Used 

continuously for 

•21 years and 

still the best 

ever slept on. 

Softer and more 

pliable than 

hair. 

Has stood all 

tests, not a sign 

of a lump in it. 



U. S. S. Passaic. Navy Yard, Washington, D. C. 

Mr. II. D. Ostermoor. December 7, 1879. 

Dear Sik : — Your letter of the 5th is at hand, and in reply I desire to inform you that I will very 
gladly ffive you my opinion of the Ostermoor Mattress I received from you last December. 

Since reci ived it has been continuously in use, beingon the bed occupied by myself ami wife, ami it is 
today in as good condition as tin- first day it was used. Jt is, -without exception, the best mattress 1 have 
ever slept on ; much better, in my opinion, than a hair one, as it is softer and more pliable. 

I shall never use any other kind on my beds in my house if I should ever go to housekeeping, and 1 
intend, when I am ordered to sea, to make a special request to be furnished with one for my cabin 
bunk. 

If you remember, our Board pronounced on all features except the matter of getting lumpy by long 
usage, and it was principally to test this feature that I ordered mine from you, and I can cheerfully state 
that mine, having been used for one year, is as smooth now as the day it came, not a sign of a lump 
in it. 

) 'on are at perfect liberty to show my letter to any officer you wish, and I can fully endorse the re- 
commendations of your other patrons by stating that I am more than pleased with my mattress. and 
think it is the most comfortable one I ever saw, and, in addition to that, my official report will show what 
I think c fit as a life preserver. 

A mattress that will stay under water for forty-eight hours and thin come out with only the outside 
layers of ( >stermoor damp, should speak for itself. I am, 

Very truly yours, 

J. D. GRAHAM, COMD. U. S. NAVY 

Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. New York, March 20, 1899. 

Gentlemen : — In reply to your letter of the 18th inst., I beg to state that I reiterate everything I said 
in the above letter twenty years ago. 

/ have used an Ostermoor Mattress continually from the t/'/iit I received it in 1878, uud it is to, lav in 
as good condition as the day I received it from you . 

I again say it is the best mattress I ever slept on. I should use no other. 

Yours very truly, 



J. D. GRAHAM, Comd. U. S. Navy 



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Delighted. 

Could not be 

induced to use 

hair after using 

Ostermoor 

for fifteen 

years. 




Navy Department, Washington, D. C. 

Bureau of Construction and Repair. 
Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. August i, 1892. 

Gentlemen : — I have severaFof your Ostermoor Mattresses In use today 
and I am most happy to say that I have used them continuously for 
nearly /if teen years, and I prefer them to the lust of hair in\every 
respect, and could not now be induced to use hair — although before 
I used the Ostermoor I thought hair could not be beat. 

Their most satisfactory use since adoption by various Depart- 
ments of the Navy first brought them to my attention, and / 
have been delighted with my experience of them, and have 
always thought I was favoring my friends in recommend- 
ing Ostermoor Mattresses. 

Nothing whatever has been done to those I haz 
in the way of repair, nor has renovation been 
needed, but there is one now that needs a 
little attention, new tick, etc. I send it to 
you by express ; please fix it up, return 
to my residence, 1631 16th 
Street, N. W., with bill, for 
! wish it to last, like an old 
but true friend, as long as 
I do. 

Wry truly yours, 

THEODORE D WILSON 



OSTERMOOR 

A AATTRpSS^ 

thatwiuFloAT 



This illustration represents an actual 
occurrence in N. Y. Harbor, where 
an Ostermoor Mattress was so used : — 



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On Board Steamer Tiger Lily. 

New York Harbor, 
B July 15, 1880. 

T Whereas, We, the under- 

a signed witnesses to the test- 

i lg of the Ostermoor Mattress 
and Pillow, being- interested 
in the question of the most 
efficient means of saving 
life at sea in case of sudden 
disaster, so many of which 
disasters have recently oc- 
curred, do hereby 

Rks. ilve, That the Oster- 
moor has stood the test with 
astonishing effect, and so 
far as wc can see is as buoy- 
ant as cork. We further 

Resolve, To recommend 
all Steam Vessels to adopt 
the Ostermoor Matt n 
use. The Pillow alone, 
which any person can use 
in the case of an accident, 
without having to adjust it 
to the body, is, in our opin- 
ion, after having witnessed 
the tests, quite sufficient to 
keep afloat one person, and 
probably two or three. 



JOHN F. MCGLENSEY, COMOR. U. S. N 



SUCH AN ONE IS THE 

WONDERFUL 

OSTERMOOR 



\. Heaton Robertsqn. 
Dan'i D. V. Stuart, 

Lieutenant I". S. N. 
H. J. Lamarche. 
H. F. Peck. 
Robert Courtney. 
Francis S. Nash, 

Ass't Surgeon U. S. N. 
Francis W. Bi oi d. 



R. B. Chouler. 
John B. Morford, 

Supt. Jersey City Ferry. 
('. M. Witsc ii. 
R. S. Bussing, Jr. 
James W. Britt. 
Edwin W. Ivins. 
R. C. Hamii ton. 
Geo. E. Condit. 



I S. MlTCHKl I . 



EVERY OUNCE OF WHICH IS AN OUNCE OF LIFE PRESERVER ! 

We have furnished over fifty thousand Ostermoor Mattresses to the 
different departments of the United States Navy.- 





82 

XHAUSTIVE test made and glorious 
recognition received for the marvelous 
merits of the Ostermoor Mattress at 
Hyde Park, London, England. 

Steamer Hudson, New York, N. Y. 

Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. March 13, 1897. 

Gentlemen : — At the suggestion of the agent of a steamship line of this city 
whose ships are furnished with your mattresses, and with whom I was discussing 
their merits a few days since, I write this letter, believing you will be interested in 
this account of how the Fisheries Exhibition Gold Medal and Diploma were won by 
the Ostermoor Mattress. 

While in charge of the United States Life-Saving Service exhibit at the International 
Fisheries Exhibition, held in London in the year 1882, a much soiled and torn mattress was sent 
to my exhibit from the United States National Museum, it having been entered as a life-saving 
appliance for fishing vessels. (Adopted and used exclusively by Commission of Fish and Fisheries.) 

I learned that it was an Ostermoor Mattress, which had the previous year been awarded a medal 
at Berlin, returned to the National Museum with other exhibits, and stored there until preparations 
were made for the Fisheries Exhibition, when it was, by order of Prof. Spencer Baird, shipped to 
London. On account of its soiled and torn condition, it was not given a very prominent position in 
my exhibit, and I am free to confess I took but little interest in it. 

As it was an American article, entered for competition, it was taken, with other exhibits, to the 
lake in Hyde Park on the day the practical tests of life-saving appliances were made. Being a member 
of the jury on life-saving devices, I took an active part in the tests. The jury was composed of two 
Admirals, one Captain and one Commander of the English Navy ; a Commander of the French Navy, 
a Captain of the Spanish Navy, a Lieutenant of the U. S. Revenue Cutter Service. The jury made 
very thorough tests, and the decisions were impartial and never questioned by the exhibitors. 

There were entered for competition mattresses of all descriptions and materials ; various prepar- 
ations of cork, and different shapes and designs of rubber. One in particular, of which much was 
expected, was a combination of several inflated rubber cylinders. 

The Ostermoor was the last on the list to be tested, which gave it a better opportunity to show its 
superiority. Its predecessors all failed in one particular ; that when a man attempted to climb from 
the water upon them, the opposite side invariably tipped up, which made it impossible to get on unless 
a man was on the opposite side to hold them down. Much to my surprise and satisfaction, when the 
Ostermoor Mattress was placed in the water, it showed greater buoyancy, and the men had no diffi- 
culty in getting upon it — several on one side even, it remaining flat and firm in the water, Nine men 
were easily supported upon and around it. 

After the tests at Hyde Park, by direction of the jury, the mattress was weighed and placed in the 
basin of the fountain on the Exhibition grounds, where it remained two weeks, the fountain playing 
upon it all that time. On its removal it was weighed and found to have absorbed the weight of one 
man (150 lbs.) and part of that was no doubt due to its torn covering. 

I have since used (for fifteen years) your Ostermoor Mattresses and Cushions, both ashore and 
afloat, and consider them far better than the best hair in every way. 

They possess wonderful elasticity, are exceedingly durable, and all you claim in every particular, 
and I cheerfully write this in their behalf. Your attractive circulars do not exaggerate the merits of 
Ostermoor in the least. Very truly yours, 

C. H. McLELLAN, First Lieut. U. S. R. S., Commanding 










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ASSING ALL TESTS SUCCESSFULLY, referred to in preceding pages, 
Ostermoor Mattresses have been approved and adopted in various de- 
partments of the United States Navy. We have furnished over fifty 
thousand Ostermoor Mattresses aboard the (J. S. War Ships, Torpedo 
Boats, Torpedo Boat Destroyers, etc., etc., both for officers and 
enlisted men, and also throughout the 



Messrs. Ostermoor & C< 



United States Marine Corps, 

" Revenue Cutter Service, 

" " Light House Service, 

44 Commission Fish and Fisheries, 

" ** Life- Saving Bureau, 

44 " Engineer Corps, 

" " Naval Hospitals, 

44 Mississippi River Commission, etc., etc. 

J* 

Headquarters U. S. Marine Corps. 
Quartermaster's Office. 

Washington, D. C, February 15, 1902. 
Siks: — Referring to your communication of the 7th inst., requesting an expression from this office of the ex- 
perience of the Marine Corps with Ostermoor Mattresses, I have to reply that the large quantity of Mattresses 
procured from you were distributed to the various posts of the Corps for use of the enlisted men serving there ; that 
they have been subjected to much necessarily hard service ; and that they have been found highly satisfactory, being 
exceedingly clastic, durable and far superior in all respectstooth.tr kinds of Mattresses previously tested by the Corps. 
Forwarded approved, Very respectfully, 

CHAS. HAYWOOD. F. L. DENNY, 

Brigader-General, Commandant Colonel and Quartermaster 

U. S. Revenue Cutter Service, 

Treasury Department. 
Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. Washington, D. C, March 15, 1904. 

Gentlemen': — Ostermoor Mattresses, Pillows, Boat Cushions, etc., have been adopted exclusively for use of the 
Revenue Cutler Service. Five new ships have been completely equipped with them throughout, and it affords me 
great pleasure to say that they have given perfect satisfaction in all particulars, and in wear, cleanliness, elasticity 
and durability we deem them better than hair or any other mattress known. 

Very truly yours, 

C. F. SHOEMAKER, CAPTAIN R. C. S., 

Chief of Division 

ht House Establishment, Tompkinsville, N. Y. 

Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. March 11, 1904. 

Dear Sirs: — I have found Ostermoor Mattresses so 
superior in every way, and especially rind them so 
much better than hair, that I have purchased many 
for my personal use and have also equipped the 
Light House Tenders under my charge with them 
throughout. 

Very respectfully, 
-4 D. P. HEAP, Colonel, 

Corps of Engineers, U. S. Army 

J 




U. S. Engineers' Office, Chicago, III. 

Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. 1637 Indiana Ave., January '27, 1901. 

Gentlemen:— I feel no hesitancy whatever in commending Ostermoor Mattresses, as / consider them the best 
Mattress obtainable in every possible way. 

In October, 1886, I purchased your Mattresses for the U. S. Snag Boat John R. Meigs, and after more than fif- 
teen years' service they arg still in use in good condition and entirely free from vermin. Since then all additional 
Mattresses required for other vessels in that District I have purchased from you, and they have all been equally 
satisfai tory. 

I also recommended the use of your Mattresses aboard the rive new boats of the Mississippi River Commission 
and for the new boat, General John Newton. 

It is with infinite satisfaction that I personally use an Ostermoor Mattress in preference to best •white hair ob- 
tainable, without regard to price. Very respectfully, 

J. H. WILLARD, Maj. Corps of Engineers 

(^* %£* %0& 

General Superintendent, Llfe-Saving Service. 
Treasury Department. 
Messrs. Ostermook & Co. Washington, I). ('., March 16, 1904. 

Gen rLEMEN:- The Ostermoor Mattress which I purchased of you rive years ago I am able to say without qualifi- 
cation is in every way the best Mattress 1 ever slept on. Until I began using it I slept on a hair mattress and nobodj 

could persuade me that there possibly could be anything better. Testi- 
mony was not enough, but my own experience proves all you claim. 

Last Spring I lay in bed more than a mouth, day and night, suffering 

from an attack of sciatica, when I could hardly move, and I 

found that the softness, elasticity, 

and sweetness of the Ostermoor Mat- 




V. S. Battleship Missouri. 



tress wonderfully reduced the discomfort 
and irksomeness of that painful period. I most cor- 
dially recommend the mattress for both sick and well. 

In my opinion, considering the amount of time we have to spend in sleep — if one only can sleep— you are actually 
conferring a blessing upon mankind by offering so reposeful a couch, and that, too, at so inconsiderable a price. 

Respectfully, 
jt Jt Jt S. I. KIMBALL, GEN'L Supt. 

2204- R Street. Washington, D. C. 
Messrs. Ostermook & Co. February 22, 1904. 

Gentlemen: — In reply I beg leave to say that tin- Ostermoor Mattresses furnished by you to the vessels of U. S. 
Fish Commission, "Fish Hawk " in 1880 and "Albatross" in 1882, are still in use aboard both vessels ; those on the 
"Albatross" were in markedly good condition, when I relinquished command of that vessel, having retained their 
elasticity remarkably well after eighteen years' < ontinuous service. 

They have proven satisfactory in every respect and I consider the Ostermoor Mattresses particularly well adapted 
for use aboard ship. Very respectfully, Z. L. TANNER, Commander, U. S. Navy 



Baltimore, Chesapeake & Atlantic Railway Co., Baltimore, Md. 

Willard Thomson, Vice-President and General Manager. 
Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. 241 South St., February 5, 1904. 

Dear Sirs :— Replying to your letter of the 29th of January, addressed to the Superintendent of the " Eastern 
Shore Steamboat Company," as to the condition of the Ostermoor Mattresses that are used in our line, beg to advise 

that we furnished the steamer 
"Eastern Shore" in 1883, 
twenty-one years ago, with 
about 200 of them, and they 
have been in constant use 
ever since, and are seemingly 
good today for as many more 
years. 

In 1891 we furnished the 
steamer " Pocomoke " with 
Ostermoor Mattresses through- 
out and at this writing, after 
thirteen years' use, they are as 
good as when first put in ser- 
vice, and it gives me pleasure 
to be able to recommend them 
without qualification. The 
Eastern Shore Steamboat 
Company is now a part of 
this system. 

Yours truly, 
WILLARD THOMSON, 

Vice-President and 
General Mgr. 

S. S. City of Mackinac. Detroit & Cleveland Navigation Co. 

The Detroit & Cleveland Navigation Co., Detroit, Mich. 

Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. March 14, 1904. 

Gentlemen :-We have used your Ostermoor Mattresses on all our steamers for the past twenty-one years, and 
infinitely prefer them /■< the best hair at the same price. 

We have found they possess all the merits that yon claim for them. Our patrons compliment us on our 
excellent beds. Yours respectfully, 

A. A. SCHARTZ, GEN'L SUPT 

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General Offices People's Evening- Line Steamers. 

J hn Englis, President. Pier 32, North River. 

Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. New York, December 15, L903. 

Dear Sirs :— After eight years' thorough trial of Ostermoor Mattresses, with which the steamer "Adirondack" 
of this line is equipped entirely throughout, we are pleased to say that they have given the most entire satisfaction 
to this Company, from an economical stand- 
point, and because they have been so much 
appreciated by passengers. 

Many of our patrons Iiave expressed their 
pleasure because if the exceptional comfort with 
whit h they have slept on your .Mattresses. 

The contract just given you for 1,000 mattresses 
to equip our new steamer surely expresses our full 
satisfaction. 

Yours very truly, 
PEOPLE'S LINE OF STEAMERS, 

JOHN ENGLIS, PRESIDENT 

S.S.Adirondack. People's Line. 





S7 
Ocean Steamship Company of Savanah. 

P. E. Le Fevre, Superintendent. 

81 Beach St., New York, March 2, 1904. 
Messrs. Ostermoor & G>. 

Dear Sirs : — I am pleased to express our satisfaction with 
the Ostermoor Mattresses purchased from you in 1898. They 
are in continual use, and wefindthey possess all the e xcellencies 
claimed for them. We are discarding hair, as ■we consider 
Ostermoor preferable in every way. 

Yours truly, 

P. E. LE FEVRE, SUPERINTENDENT 

(^* J* t^* 

New York and Cuba Mail Steamship Co. 
Alfred G. Smith, Sec'y and Treas. 

90-96 Wall St., New York, March 15, 1904. 
Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. 

Gentlemen: — The several thousand Ostermoor Mattresses 
and Cushions which you have, from time to time, supplied to 
the steamers of this line, have proved to be all that you claim 
for them in every particular^ and have given us the most entire 
satisfaction. 

The additional orders recently given you to equip the 
rest of our boats throughout is surely proof of our satisfaction. 
Yours truly, 

ALFRED G. SMITH, 

Secretary and Treasurer 

J* V* V* 



Maine Steamship Company. 
, Horatio Hall, Gen'l Manager. 

Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. 290 Broadway, New York, February '27, 1904. 

Gentlemen :— Replying to your inquiry, it is with great pleasure that we can certify to the excellence of Oster- 
m ior Mattresses: they have proven all that you claimed in every respect. Our new steamships, "North Star," 
" John Englis " and "Horatio Hall," are equipped with them throughout, and they have given the utmost satisfac- 
tion in every way, as also have those used aboard the " Manhattan " and " Cottage City." We have three thousand 
of your Mattresses now in use. Our patrons are delighted with their comfort and luxury. 

I have Ostermoor 
Mattresses in my own 
home, the first one hav- 
ing been purchased to 
replace a very expens- 
ive hair one, and I am 
glad to say that the 
Ostermoor surpassed it 
in comfort and dura- 
bility. 

II 'e consider Oster- 
moor Mattresses the 
acme of com fort, and 
indispensable for clean- 
liness. 

Yi airs truly, 
Maine Steamship Co. 
Horatio Hall, 

GEN'L Mgr. 




S. S. "Horatio Hall, ' of the Maine Steamship Co. 



r 



HE OSTERMOOR MATTRESS is s0 non . 

absorbent it is rated by the U. S. Steamboat 
Inspection as an auxiliary Life Preserver. 



We have furnished Ostermoor Mattresses 
and Cushions to all Yachts of any prominence 
in the United States, among the many owners 
to whom we gladly refer being : Messrs. Win, 
K. Vanderbilt. C. Oliver Iselin. Delancv 
Kane, Alexander Taylor, Jr., Edward M. 
Brown. George Gould, Charles Warren Lippit. 
Alexander E. Orr, John Jacob Astor, j. 
Malcolm Forbes, David Dows, Jr.. Henry S . 
Burnham. fames Gordon Bennett, Elbridge T. 
Gerry, Chester W. Chapin, John J. Phelps, and 
hundreds of others, too numerous to mention 

The Emperor of Germany and the King of England, whose Yachts we have 
furnished with mattresses and Cushions, have both given us gold medals and 
diplomas for our work in this special line alone. 




David Dows & Co., 
New York City. 

February 15, 1902. 

Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. 
17 years old and Gentlemen :-It gives me 

in an much pleasure to be able to say 

admirable state. that the Ostermoor Cushions 
fully justified. and Mattresses you made for 
my boat are still in use and in 
an admirable state of preserva- 
tion and in my opinion fully 
justify all you said concerning 
them at the time of the purchase, 
seventeen years ago. 

Yours truly, A. E. ORR 



Brown & Seccomb, New York City. 

81 Beach St., March 26, 1902. 
Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. 

Dear Sirs: — I have used Ostermoor 

Mattresses and Cushions on the steam 

yacht "Fedalma " since lusi'i, sixteen years, 

and it affords me great pleasure to state 

that they have given me z>ery great 

satisfaction, and have fully proven to 

be all //uit you claimed for them in 

Yours truly, 
EDWARD M. BROWN 




l\ed 

16 years, 

and still give 

very sjreat 
satisfaction. 



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HE OSTERMOOR HAS PROVEN A PERFECT FILLING, 

particularly desirable for Mattresses, and also for Cushions and 
Upholstered Back-Cushions — either ashore or afloat ; aboard ship 
it has become a recognized necessity on account of its absolutely 
non-absorbent qualities and that perfect freedom from all damp 
or mildew at all times and under all conditions. Ostermoor 
Cushions are not hurt or spoiled by water, and are always readily available, most 
efficient life preservers. 

Ostermoor Cushions and Mattresses are softer than those filled with the best 
of hair and wear far better. They never mat or pack like hair, nor do they need 
remaking, as hair does, but retain their unusual merits and keep in perfect order 
indefinitely without requiring any attention, care or any expense for years to 
come — first cost being their last and only cost. 



Used 
continuously 
for 18 years. 
Permanently 
elastic. Heartily 
recommend. 





9° 

Bolton, Lake George, N. Y. 

Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. March 19, 1897. 

Gentlemen : — For eighteen years or more I have been 
using your Ostermoor Cushions in fitting out my numerous 
steam launches, giving them the preference over the best 
hair, not only on account of their permanent elasticity 
and cleanliness, but also from the fact that if divided into 
proper lengths they make excellent readily available life 
preservt rs. 

I have also used your Ostermoor Mattresses whenever I 
have had to purchase any for my house, and I have used one 
continuously for eighteen years. They have all given me 
satisfaction, and I can heartily recommend them. 
Yours respectfully, 

J. BUCHANAN HENRY 






John J. Phelps, New York City. 

Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. 35 South William St., Jan. 15, 1900. 

Gentlemen:— The yacht " Brunhilde " was sold several years ago, but up to 
then I was perfectly satisfied in every way with the Ostermoor Mattresses, etc., 
you made /or same in 1885, and should use your Ostermoor again in preference to any- 
thing else. It is all you claim for it. Yours truly, 

JOHN J. PHELPS 

C. Oliver Iselin, New Rochelle, N. Y. 

Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. April 24, 1900. 

Dear Sirs: — The Ostermoor Mattresses and Cushions I have bought 
of you from time to time since you furnished my yacht " Titania " 
in 1887, give entire satisfaction, and should I build another yacht 
/ would certainly give you another order. 

Truly yours, 

C. OLIVER ISELIN 

Hecker-Jones-Jewell Milling: Co., 
New York City. 

Eugene Jones, President. 

207 Produce Exchange, Feb. 28, 1900. 
Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. 

Dear Sirs: — Yours of the 26th inst., asking for 
some endorsement of your Ostermoor Mattresses. i-, 
before me. 

In reply to which I would say, that we still have in 
use the mattresses bought of you some thirteen years 
since, and that they have stood most admirably the test 
of time, and that we liave found them to be all thai 
you claim for them, everlasting elasticity, marked 
durability, equal, if not better, than the best hair 
mattresses, and they have proved most satisfactory 
in every respect. 

Yours very truly, 

EUGENE JONES 



All we 

claim. Use our 

mattress in 

preference to 

all others. 



13 years' 

entire 

satisfaction. 

Use 

no other. 



Stood most 
admirably the 

test of time 

for 13 years, and 

prove all you 

claim. 



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ALOON OR BERTH MATTRESSES WITH OSTERMOOR FILLING 

are always dry, sweet and pure, soft as or softer than hair, as you prefer, 
and a perfect raft or life preserver in the water — ever at your service- 
never sodden or damp, nor a foul, ill-smelling odor — as if mildewed, 
which is always noticeable in best of hair and all other mattresses aboard 
ships. But rarely luxurious and of such absolute comfort and enchanting 

cleanliness with an absolute freedom from all objectionable features that makes 

them preeminently superior to all other mattresses the world over. These merits 
are most unusual. Ostermoor Mattresses — and none other — possess these merits. 



J* 

G. Sidenberg, New York City. 

Messrs. Ostermoor .V Co. 24 Broad St., February 3, 1902. 

Gentlemen:— I beg to state that the Ostermoor Mattresses and Cushions you put in steam yacht 
"Theresa," twelve years ago, arc just as good as new, and I have no fault to find with them whatever, 
as they have given me every satisfaction. Yours very truly, 

G. SIDENBERG 

(^* 1£& i2H 



10 years old 

and as good 

as new. 



Kenilworth Inn. Biltmore, Asheville, N. C. Entire 

Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. March ' 21 - 1897 " »tfafaction. 

Gentlemen :-The Ostermoor Mattresses on my yacht " Thespia " give entire .satisfaction and ful- b ^^V^ 1 ' 6 " 
/ill all representations made regarding them. Yours truly, 

DAVID DOWS, JH 



^'s", \Y* 






■S*£>?^ 




Q2 

USHIONS, FOR SALOON OR 

CABIN, Deck or Small Boats, of 
Ostermoor make and filling, are the 
only absolutely perfect ones obtain- 
able — handsome, luxurious articles of 
remarkable elasticity and endurance. They will 
outwear three of any other filling. Far more 
buoyant than cork ! 



Cary Smith & Ferris, New York 
Naval Architects and Yacht Brokers 

90 Wall Street 
Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. March 6, 1904 

Deak Sirs :— I am satisfied that Ostermoor Mat- 
tresses and Cushions are the very 
best obtainable for yacht use, etc. 
I have yet never heard a complaint 
about them, although you have fur- 
nished about all of the yachts and 
steamers of my design since 1880. 
Very truly yours, 

A. CARY SMITH 




24 years' 
experience, 
and yet to 

have a 
complaint. 



10 years' use. 
All you claim in 
every particular. 

Superiority 
and luxuriousness 

well proven. 



Alexander P. 

Ketchum 

New York 

City 

4 William St. 
Feb. 24, 1904 
Ostermoor & Co. 

Gentlemen: — I 
sold my yacht 
"Son o n a " some 
years ago, but dur- 
ing the time I owned 
-— her was exceedingly 
' pleased with the Os- 
termoor Cushions 
and Mattresses you 
supplied me with, 
nd if I were again fur- 
nishing a yacht, should 
certainly apply to you for 
similar articles. Yours truly, 

A. P. KETCHUM 

^* (^* %£* 

A. H. Abell, Hamilton, Bermuda. 

Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. February 13, 1900 

Dear Siks:— The Ostermoor are all you claim them to be, in every particular, and have given per- 
fect satisfaction for ten years ; shall never— as long as they can be had— use anything else. They never 
lose their shape or get lumpy. Their superiority and luxuriousness is well proven. Too much cannot be 
said in their praise. Most truly yours, A - H - ABELL 



Exceedingly 

pleased. 
Would use 
no other. 



ONLY A 




FEW OF THE YACHTS 



WE REFER TO 




USING OSTERMOOR MATTRESSES AND CUSHIONS 



Aeolus 



Addie 



Aida 



Albicore 



Aloha 



Alpha 



Alva 



Anna 



Atalanta 



Arrow 



Athlon 



Aunt Polly 



Aztec 



Banshee 



Bedouin 



Bijou 



Brunhilde 



Cacique 



Carlotta 



Carola 



Carmelita 



Cinderella 



Challenge 



Crusader 



Clermont 



Curlew 



Commanche 



Dauntless 



I tiana 



Edris 



Electra 



Eleanor 



Ellie 



Enaj 



Enterprise 



Erin 



Eavelle 



Eedalma 



Fortuna 



Era Diavolo 



Genevieve 



( iracie 



Graling 



Halcyon 



I [arbinger 



iloosier 



Ins 



Ianda 



I tuna 



Julia 



Kanawha 



Lancer 



Machigowne 



Marion 



Marjorie 



Mayflower 



Meda 



Merle 



Merlin 



Mermaid 



Meteor 



Mischief 



Mohican 



Namouna 



Narod 



Neola 



Nomad 



Nourmahal 



Nirodha 



Nydia 



Osceola 



Palladin 



Papoose 



Parthenia 



Privateer 



Polly 



Priscilla 



Prospero 



Puritan 



Queen Mab 



Roamer 



Rondina 



Rosalie 



Rajah 



Ruffhouse 



Sanona 



Sappho 



Seminole 



Shearwater 



This list represents but a fraction of the 

many Yachts we have furnished, which comprises 

nearly all of any prominence in the waters of the United States. 



Siren 



Skylark 



Social 



Sphinx 



Susquehanna 



Sybil 



Thalia 



Thetis 



Theresa 



Thespia 



Titania 



Una 



Utowana 



Vidette 



Vikinj 



Virginia 



Volunteer 



Wenonah 



Wacouta 



Wild Duck 



Yama 



Yampa 



Vonondio 



Zara 



Zarah 



94 



New York Central & Hudson River Railroad Co., New York, 
Grand Central Station. 
George H. Daniels, General Passenger Agent. 
Messrs. Osterm no K & Co. March 10, 1904, 

Gentlemen: — The Ostermoor Mattresses that I bought of you in 1893 (eleven years ago) have proven 
perfectly satisfactory and are all that you claim them to be in every respect, besides vermin-proof and 
non-absorbent. We think them excellent and a perfect success. 

Very truly yours, 

GEORGE H. DANIELS 



Proven all you 

claim. 

Vermin-proof 

and 
non-absorbent. 




Phelps, Dodge & Co., 
99 John Street, New York. 

February 17, 1904. 

Messrs. Osteri r & Co. 

Dear Sirs : — I take pleasure in advising you 
that the Ostermoor Mattresses and Cushions fur- 
nished by you for the yacht "Aloha" have given 
entire satisfaction in every respect, and are proving 
all that you claim them to be. We consider them 
superior to the very best of hair, and their use is a 
comfort and pleasure. Very truly yours, 

ARTHUR CURTIS JAMES 

United States Naval Force on 

Asiatic Station, 

Manila, Philippine Islands. 

January '27, 1902. 
Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. 

Gentlemen : — Rear- Admiral Watson desires 
me to say in reply to your letter of December 12, 
1899, that the testimonial he gave in April, 1897, as 
to the wonderfully meritorious qualities and ever- 
lasting elasticity of the Ostermoor Mattresses pur- 
chased of you in 1883, seventeen years ago, holds 
good today, after three years' more hard use. 
Very respectfully, 

E. H. WATSON 

t^* t^* ^» 

Dr. Cyrus Edson 

5(5 W. 50th St., New York, May 2(5, 1903. 
Messrs. Ostekmook & Co. 

Gentlemen : — I first experienced the delightful 
comfort and luxury of the Ostermoor Mattresses 
and Cushions aboard a boat which led me to pur- 
chase one for my own bed, and I am glad to ex- 
press my approval. 

It is a great improvement on the hair mattress, 
not only from the standpoint of cleanliness and 
hygiene, but also from that of comfort, wherein it 
greatly surpasses hair. 

I am greatly pleased with my personal use of 
same during the past five years. It certainly makes 
the absolutely ideal bed. 

Yours faithfully, 

CYRUS EDSON 



Superior to best 

of hair. 

Satisfaction, 

comfort, pleasure. 



Used for 17 
years. Ever- 
lastingly elastic. 
Wonderfully 
meritorious. 



Greatly surpasses 

hair. 

Absolutely ideal 

bed. 



95 
; II ATTRESS-CUSHIONS for use aboard boats, outside — cunningly 
^ \?^1\'W ■ devised for use in places not usually utilized — covered with water- 
j--M.^m m p r00 £ ma terials — that stand all sorts of hard usage — without de- 
-•'.Jtiyi-^ preciation of comfort, beauty or shapeliness — adding to the comfort 
-~ •' and luxury of lounging in the open air and consequently enhanc- 
ing the enjoyment and pleasure of many a trip. These have been specialties 
of ours for years. 

«£* «£* j* 

Such cushions are 
possible only with 
Ostermoor and no 
other filling, which 
makes them prac- 
tical, desirable 
and useful at all 
times and in all 
sorts of places. 

•£* ^* c^* 

They are absolute- 
ly waterproof, so 
n o n -a b s o r b e n t 
they will float in- 
definitely, and are 
therefore recog- 
nized by the U. S. 
Steamboat Inspec- 
tion as Auxiliary 
Life Preservers. 

Refer to Pages 76, 78, 79, 81 and 82 and note severe tests made. 

V* V* ^* 

Thus they serve as Life Preservers — should occasion arise — are easily at hand 
in case of need — much more so than anything else obtainable. Add wonderfully 
to the deck furnishing — and are altogether a luxurious necessity. 

We have special Waterproofed Coverings for such work as this. Some also 
simply treated to shed water. All fabrics usual in a full assortment of colors. 





9 6 

ware & Hudson Canal Company, Albany, N. Y. 
C. D. Hammond, Gen'l Agent. 
Ostermoor & Co. February 23, 1901. 

Nf lemen :— Seventeen years ago I purchased two Ostermoor 
Mattresses which have been in constant use since that time. They 
have given entire satisfaction, and are stilll in good condition. 
I should at this time purchase none but Ostermoor 
Mattresses if I had occasion to add new, as I think them 
the very best obtainable. 

I also purchased a new set of Ostermoor Cushions 
for the Methodist Church, of Slingerland, N. Y., at the 
same time, and these have also given entire satisfaction, 
are still in use and in good condition. 
Yours truly, 






17 years' con- 
stant use with 
entire satis- 
faction and 
still good. 



C. D. HAMMOND 



%£*> %0* f^* 



'OURSTET-SPECIAL" CUSHIONS. 

Corduroy Plush Covering, 

$J.50 per square foot. 



15 years' 
experience. 

Proves all 
our claims. 



Riverhead, N. Y. 

March 1, 1901. 
Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. 

Dear Sirs: — My experience during the past fifteen 
years with Ostermoor Mattresses and Cushions goes to 
prove all that you claim for durability and elasticity. 
They are undoubtedly of the first quality and greatly to Just as good 
be commended. as new - 

They show no sign of packing down or becoming 
hard and bunchy as hair does, but are just as comfortable today as when new. No hair mattress 
fur me hereafter. I consider my Ostermoor is worth its weight in gold. 

Faithfully yours, 

ROBERT WEEKS, 

Archdeacon of Suffolk. 



J* 

Lutheran Theological 

Seminary, 

Mt. Airy, 

Philadelphia, Pa. 

Rev. Henry E. Jacobs, D.D., 
Dean. 

January 17, 1900. 
Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. 

Dear Sirs: — I take great 
pleasure in stating that the Os- 
termoor Mattresses and Cush- 
ions in the Seminary have worn 
very satisfactorily, and stood 
the test of our fifteen years' 
constant use most admirably. 
We heartily endorse their use. 
Sincerely yours, 

HENRY E. JACOBS 




CORDED-EDGE CUSHIONS-SQUARE TUFTS. 
Sec Price List, page J05. 



97 







T TCT-JTf\\TQ OF ALL KINDS-sizes and shapes— for all 
^-J KjL L1\JL\kJ nurnoses — are simD 



C' 
\~S<J± JL±\-/L y**J purposes — are simply incomparable with Oster- 
moor filling, and made in the Ostermoor way. 
They are always soft — always shapely — dust-proof — moth-proof — 
vermin-proof. They will never mat or pack down as hair will, and are 
practically unwearoutable. Ostermoor Cushions add inexpressibly to the comfort, 
ease and beauty, and artistic furnishing of the home. 

The above is a most happy example— Corduroy Plush Covering— "Ourstet" Special style, $1 .50 per square foot. 



Norwich, Conn. 

Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. 19 Lincoln Ave., January 8, 1902. 

Dear Sirs:— The Ostermoor Mattresses which I purchased of you twelve years ago 
have done excellent service. They are now in perfectly good order, although they 
have been in constant use since that date. 

I have taken pains to recommend them and shall continue to do so. 
Very truly 
yours, 
IRENE WEIR 



1 



12 years' 
excellent 
service. Per- 
fectly good 
order 
today. 





CORDED-EDGE CHAIR CUSHIONS. 

Price List, page 105. 



"OURSTET-SPECIAL" CUSHION. 
Corduroy Plush Covering, $1.50 per square foot. 

Chicago Theological Seminary, Chicago, 111. 

81 Ashland Boulevard, March 1, 1902. 
Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. 

Gentlemen : — Twelve years ago we furnished our 
dormitory building with over one hundred Ostermoor 
Mattresses. They have been in constant use since that 
time, and to all appearances are just as good as when 
purchased. Our students all speak 
in the highest terms of their com- 
fort, and I have had numerous in- 
quiries from many desiring to fur- 
nish their homes with Ostermoor 
Mattresses and Cushions. I have 
used them in my 
own home, also five 
of my friends in 
their own homes, 
during the past ten 
years, and we 
would not exchange 
them for the best 
hair mattress. 

Yours truly, 
H. W. CHESTER 

TREASURER 



12 years old, 
good as new. 

Would not 

exchange for 

best hair. 



J* 



17 years' 

satisfactory 

service. In 

good ("ml it ion 

today. 



Tufts College, Mass. 

Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. March 5, 1904. 

Gentlemen : — The Ostermoor Mattresses and Cushions 
which I purchased of you seventeen years ago have given 
perfect satisfaction. They are in excellent condition today. 
Very respectfully, 

E. H. CAPEN 




'OURSTET-SPECIAL" CUSHIONS. 

Corduroy Plush Covering, 

$1.50 per square foot. 



99 




GUSHIONS are invaluable adjuncts in the furnishing of a room, and richly 
enhance the total quality of the decorative scheme. 
A cushioned seat dignifies and individualizes the effect of a room. 
Such a room invariably lives in one's memory as cozy, inviting and 
homelike— providing cushions are shapely, soft and comfortable, fit well and look 
well as Ostermoor Cushions always do. See Price List, page 105. 



Charles H. Shepard. M. D., Brooklyn. N. Y. 

Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. 81-83 Columbia Heights, March 6, 1901. 

Gentlemen:— We are so well satisfied with the Ostermoor Mattresses aud Cushions, which have 
been some seventeen years in use, have cost nothing for repairs and. yet are about as good now as when 
they first came. 

We shall never buy anything but Ostermoor. 

Very respectfully, 



CHAS. H. SHEPARD 



^% l^» w* 



J. Hull Browning, New York City. 

Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. 199 Chambers St., September 10, 1903. 

Gentlemen :— There is no question in my mind but that Ostermoor Mattresses are the best obtain- 
able, and better in every way than hair. 

( Istermoor Cushions are fully as good, as I have proven during many years' use (twenty), and hence 
you secured the order to cushion the Church of the Heavenly Rest throughout. 

Yours truly, 

J. HULL BROWNING 



Will buy no 

other. 

Used 17 Years. 

Good as new. 



Best obtainable. 

Better than hair 

in every way. 




Closed 



Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. 

Gentlemen:— No money 
day it came, four years ago. 

I have been a cripple for 
fifty-three months now, and 
dence on my bed. 
The Mattress has 
had hard usage, 
and yet it is just 
as comfortable 
today as when I 
iirst got it. 
Yours 

very truly, 

ARTHUR G. s 

CROWELL 



OSTERMOOR COUCH -CHAIR. 

Old English Oak, Flemish Finish, with Three Reversible 
Imperial Edge Corduroy Plush Covered Cushions. 
Cost complete, $37.50. 

Closed, a Morris Chair : Seat, 22 inches by 25 inches. 

Open, a Couch : 22 inches by 6 feet. 

Seat and Back Cushions only, $18.50 per set. 

Godard <St Bond, Mayvllle, N. Y. 

Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. April 2, 1904. 

Gentlemen :— In 187N I purchased of you 
Cushions for the pews of the M. E. Church. 
They are as good today as the day they came, 
except the covers have faded, but they have 
kept their shape perfectly, and are soft and 
comfortable. 

The Ostermoor Mattress I purchased the 
same time for myself has been in constant use 
for twenty-six years, has never been even re- 
covered, is exceedingly comfortable, stands up 
good and square, having kept its shape wonder- 
fully, and is in all respects as good as new, 
excepting the covering I think now needs re- 
placing. 

The Ostermoor is certainly most meritorius. 
Yours very respectfully, 

A. H. GODARD 

Sherburne, N. Y. 

April 4, 1904. 

could buy my Ostermoor Mattress if I could not get another. It is just as good as the 

No one can possibly imagine the comfort of an Ostermoor Mattress until they try one. 

twenty-two years, sometimes confined to my bed for months. Have not walked for over 

I have used the Ostermoor Mattress every day, doing all my book work, and correspon- 




t^* t^* t^* 



Ostermoor Couch-Chair, Open. 



Nagle & Nagle, Attorneys, Clarion, Iowa. 

Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. April 11, 1904. 

Gentlemen:— The Ostermoor Mattress has been in constant use for over eight years, and is as good now as the 
day I bought it. It has not matted a particle, and all I have ever done to it was to give it a sun bath once in a while. 
If I could not get another, I would not part with it for many times the cost. 

Can say the same of the window seat Cushion I purchased last year, which has proven entirely satisfactory, and 
much complimented by friends. Yours very truly, 

J. E. NAGLE 



IOI 

Warren, Ohio. 
Office of Henry B. Perkins, Trumbull County. 

Messrs. Ostekmoor & Co. March 7, 1904. 

Gentlemen:— We have been using Ostermoor Mattresses and Cushions for more than seventeen years. 
They are still in use and giving us entire satisfaction, and seem as good as when we received them. 

We prefer Ostermoor Mattresses to the best quality of hair or any other mattress we have ever 
used. Your Cushions are perfection in every way: their beauty, shapeliness, utility and durability 
and comfort are simply wonderful. 

I am pleased to testify to the above, and cannot say too much of their merits, for we deem them 
fully worthy of the warmest praise. 

Very truly yours, 

(Mrs.) H. B. PERKINS 



Preferred 
to best hair 
after over 17 
years. 
Entire satisfac- 
tion. 



MORRIS CHAIR 

CUSHIONS. 

Corded-Edge Style. 

Corduroy Plush Covering, 

$15.00 per set. 

Price-List 

Cushions per square foot, 

Page 105. 







Hartford, Conn. 

76 Garden St., 

March 6, 1904. 

Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. 

Gentlemen : — I gladly add 
my little word to the great 
volume of praise which your 
Ostermoor Mattresses and 
Cushions have so universally 
and justly received. 

I first purchased one of these 
mattresses of you twenty years 
ago, and this and my later 
purchases have proved entirely 
satisfactory, and we are to- 
day enthusiastic over their un- 
questioned comfort, excellent 
quality and endurance. 

Surely the name of Ostermoor 
represents all that is best in 
Mattresses and Cushions. 
Very truly yours, 

JAMES GOODWIN 



20 years' use. 

Enthusiastic 

over their 

comfort 

and excellent 

quality. 






Rev. J. F. Loba, First Congregational Church, Evanston, 111. 

Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. March 27, 1004. 

Gentlemen :— We have used two Ostermoor Mattresses for some twelve years with perfect 
satisfaction. They are light, durable, soft and more comfortable than anything we have ever tried. 
Shall try no other, as these are just what we like. I use one myself and would never sleep on any 
other. 

Your Cushions in our church are, if that is possible, even better than your Mattresses. 

I am very truly yours, 

J. F. LOBA 



Would 
never sleep on 

any other. 
Better than any- 
thing else 
during 12 
years' use. 




Would use 

Ostermoor 

only. 



OSTERMOOR 
PILLOW-CUSHIONS. 

Gathered Corners, 

24 inches square, 

6 inches thick. 

Covered with 

Denim or Mercerized 
Art Twills, $4.00 each. 
Fabrikoid, $5.00 each 
Corduroy, $5.50 each. 
Imitation Spanish 

Leather, $6.50 each. 



Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y. 

Department of Mathematics. 
Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. A l ,ril 2 < l90t 

Gentlemen :— The Ostermoor Mattresses purchased from you some years ago are perfectly satis- 
factory in every possible way, and were we in need of more would buy Ostermoor only. 

Very truly yours, 



W™ t0* w* 



J. H. TOWN 



Acme of luxury. 

None so 

luxurious. 



In summer 

or winter, 

sickness 

or health 

none better. 



The Pullman Company, 

Chicago, 111. 
F. C. N. Robertson, Auditor. 
April '2, 1904. 
Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. 

Gentlemen :— In all my experience 
I have never slept on any bed that 
approaches the Ostermoor Mattress in 
merit. It is the acme of luxury. I 
never had so comfortable a bed. 
Very truly yours, 

F. C. N. ROBERTSON 

Soldiers' Home in Mass. 
Richard R. Foster, Adjutant. 

Chelsea, Mass., April 4, 1004. 
Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. 

Gentlemen : — We have summered 
and wintered on Ostermoor Mattresses 
for the past four years, and they are 
just as good as new. We find them 
comfortable both in sickness and health, 
in hot weather and cold, and I do not 
believe there is, or can be, a better 
mattress made. I would not buy any 
other kind. 

Very truly yours, 

RICHARD R. FOSTER 




Same Pillow Cushions as above, 
26 inches square, 75c. extra. 



103 

2a Calle De San Francisco, Apartado 34- B. 
Mexico City, Mexico. 

Messrs. Ostermoor & Cn. April 13, 1904. 

Gentlemen :— I think the Ostermoor Mattress is th2 best on earth 
I have been using one for over two years, and it i< simply perfection 
in every respect. Never mats, is soft and delightful, sleeping 
on same is like resting on sea foam or the downy billows of a 
cloud. 

The Mexican tariff of twenty cents per pound is too high 
to permit of my importing one of your beautiful Divans at this 
time. Yours sincerely, 



L. F. GERNHARDT 







CHAIR CUSHION. 
Corduroy Plush, Square Tufting, 
Denim Bottom, 
$6.50 each. 



Citizens' State Bank, North Topeka, 
Kansas. 

Messrs. Osterm i & Co. June lti, 1903. 

Gentlemen : — During our flood, the two $15.00 Ostermoor 
Mattresses I bought of you four years ago were in the water 

for over a week. They floated with the bedding on them, and never even soiled the bed-clothes. 
Although very comfortable, I find the water has soaked into the mattresses along the edges. I am 

not kicking about the mattresses, for I like them very 
much, but there must be something surely wrong when the 
water soaks into the edges. What can you suggest ? 
Respectfu/ly, 



We offered 
to renew 

at half cost, 
and yet 
he kicks. 




E. S. GRESSER 






Cliff Paper Company, Niagara 
Falls, N. Y. 

Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. April 4, 1904 

Gentlemen: — The Ostermoor Mattresses purchased 

from you some six years ago are proving all you claim, 

and entirely satisfactory in every possible way. 

We are so well satisfied we will never use any 

other kind. Yours very truly, 

ARTHUR C. HASTINGS 



Would use 

no other 

kind. 



CHAIR CUSHION. 

Fabrikoid Covering, Duck Bottom, 

$6.00 each. 



Shanghai, China. 

Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. March 24, 1904. 

Gentlemen: — Ostermoor Mattresses have proven particu- 
larly pleasing and comfortable to myseif, and thoroughly satis- 
factory in every respect, as is shown by my several orders 
of t> ith mattresses and bedsteads which I have had shipped to 
this far away point. 

Yours very truly, 

(Rev.) BROWNELL GAGE 







mi 



L itij 




wmwwm 



CHAIR CUSHION. 

Repp Covering, both sides alike, 

$5.00 each. 




i<4 

LL SORTS OF CUSHIONS for Cozy Corners, Chairs, Divan*, 

etc., etc., are most luxurious and exceedingly enduring, built 
of Ostermoor Filling in the Ostermoor way. They will not 
mat or pack, but preserve their lines and shapeliness indefinitely, 
and there being no friction with this evenly elastic filling, 
covering wears twice as long, so that they are most econom- 
ical. Moth proof. Uust proof too ! 




Proven all you 
claim during 

10 years. 

Are giving the 

greatest possible 

satisfaction. 



Better than 

the best hair 

money can buy. 

Superior to all 

others, although 

10 years old. 



WINDOW SEAT CUSHIONS. 
"Ourstet" Double-Rolled Edge. 
See Price List, per square foot, page 105. 

«(?* t£& 1£& 

Henry Bullard, Middletown, Conn. 

Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. 71 Washington St., March 19, 1901. 

Gentlemen: — My experience with Ostermoor Mattresses and Cushions has proven they are all you 
claim for them in every particular. I am sleeping on an Ostermoor daily, and have been for ten years 
past, with the greatest possible satisfaction. 

'J'/ify are softer than hair, very evenly elastic, and do not mat or pack, or form in lumps ami hollows 
as hair does. 

My wife has recommended them to her friends and neighbors who have since bought them of you, 
and are very much pleased. 

The Ostermoor Jl/attresses and Cushions that you furnished for my steam yacht ivere m6re than 
satisfactory. • Yours very truly, 

£L ^t Jt HENRY BULLARD 

Lord, Owen & Co., Chicago, 111. 

Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. 72 and 74 Wabash Ave., May (i, 1902. 

Gentlemen : — About ten years ago I was induced to give the Ostermoor Mattress a comparative trial 
with a first-class curled hair mattress, which was the best 
that money could buy. I have used your Mattress con- 
stantly ever since, and it gives me much pleasure to 
state that I find it to be in all respects as com- 
fortable, agreeable, and as satisfactory as any 
mattress that I have ever used, and your 
claims as to its wonderful merits and 
superiority over all others, I believe, are 
fully sustained. 

I would further state that I have 
not only observed, but experienced 
the desirable points of your Seat 
Cushions both in church and at home, 
those you made for me being fully 
as satisfactory as the Mattress in all 
particulars. 

Respectfully yours, 

THOMAS LORD 

CHAIR CUSHIONS. 
Corduroy Plush Covering, both sides alike, $7.00 each. 

(Minimum Cushion charge is 1 square feet.) 




io5 



Price 



p- "**"• ' »** t> 



Ostermoor Cushions 

are all hand-laid 

sheeted filling, 

closed and sewn 

within covering 

entirely 

by hand 



Uniform, softness, 

perfect fit, and 

preservation 

of shape. 

Ostermoor Cushions 

absolutely 

guaranteed. 




Pantasote 


1.40 


Fabrikoid Leather 


1.40 


Velour . 


1.50 


Mohair Plush 


1.70 



Cost Complete, three inches thick, any shape desired, covered with 

Duck or Ticking . $ 1 .00 per square foot. Corduroy Plush . $1.35 per square foot. 
Denim . . . 1.15 " " 

Mercerized Art Twills 1.15 " " 

Repps . . 1.20 " " 

Mohair Damask . 1.25 " " 

Corduroy . . 1.30 " " Hand=Buffed Leather 1.75 " " 

The minimum Cushion charge is 4 square feet. 
Bottom of Cushion in Denim to match color of Covering, 10 cts. extra per square foot. 
Cushions with Imperial Borders, as illustrated, page 100, 25c. extra per square foot. 

"Ourstet Special" Style tufted edges, as illustrated, pages 96, 97, 98, 
25c. extra per square foot. 



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Recent test of the wonderful floating quality of the Ostermoor Mattress. 

S. S. Princess Victoria, Canadian Pacific Railway Co., Victoria 
Messrs. OSTERMOOR X: C<>. 



( Ientlemen : — According 




March 24, 1904. 
to instructions from the Superintendent of the Canadian Pacific Com- 
pany's Coast Service, I supervised a severe test of the flota- 
tion qualities of the Ostermoor Mattress. 

Its buoyancy as a life saving appliance has estab- 
lished itself fully, and we prefer it for safety's sake, 
to the cork belts which the Passenger Act calls for, 
deeming it far more serviceable. 

One of the single size Ostermoor Mattresses 
supplied to the S. S. Princess Victoria, was thrown over- 
board at nine o'clock A. M. A small board was on same, 
S. S. Princess Victoria. ant } a l )UC ket containing 160 pounds of sand — dead weight was ad< led. 
After floating over four hours, the entire depth of the mattress was almost entirely clear of the 
water. When 1 got on it myself (as I weigh 180 pounds) the mattress supported an entire weight 
of 340 pounds, and was even then but partially submerged. 

The mattress was left floating in the water with the 160 pounds of sand upon it, until three o'clock 
the following day, and during the entire thirty hours it floated 
clear of the water, and when taken out, it was found that only 
the outer surface, of the outer sheets, were but slightly wet. 

This test was a proven success in every particular, and 
permit me to say that, during the twenty-two years I have 
followed the sea, having some knowledge therefore of the value 
of life saving appliances, I have never yet seen so remarkable 
a retention of buoyancy. 

It may interest you to know that during the test I pad- 
dled around the harbor on the Ostermoor Mattress for several 
hours, with a bucket of sand and a board to stand on. 

Trusting also that the photograph I send you under 
separate cover, taken during the test, may prove of interest, 
I am, faithfully yours, 

C. D. NEROUTSOS, 
First Officer, S. S. Princess Victoria 







Photographed during actual test. 



BUOYANT MATTRESSES. 

{Extract from the Daily Times, Victoria, B. C] 

" The Princess Victoria, which is expected to go on the regular run again about April 1st. will carry 
an add itional life-preserving outfit by reason of being supplied throughout with the celebrated Ostermoor 
mattnss in all the sleeping apartments. 

" These come to the company guaranteed to be capable of sustaining a heavy weight in the water. 
They are impervious to water, the Ostermoor filling being especially adapted to make it buoyant. A 
test was made on Thursday night in the inner harbor with one of the mattresses. It was thrown into 
the water, and easily sustained a man's weight with 160 pounds of sand in addition. It is calculated 
by those in charge that the mattressess would each bear up the weight of four men. 

" '! he test was being made of the time during which they would withstand the water. After being 
immersed about two days, no change could be noticed in their buoyancy. They will form no incon- 
siderable addition to the comfort and life preserving outfit of the ship." 

DAILY TIMES, VICTORIA, B. C, MARCH 12, 1904. 



107 




have furnished 

bcer^jnenti^uie 
EliorTsaTid C hutches 

t uthe^mted States 
i»ith 

STflRfl)OOR 
cushions 



Our Special Book 

"Church Cushions" 

is yours for the asking 








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A I TO THE LAST CENSUS there are 118,153 complete 

Church edifices in the United States, 
including all but the Jewish and Roman 
Catholic denominations. This num- 
ber, of course, also includes Chap- 
els, Sunday Schools, etc. Cath- 
olics never cushion their pews, 
except in rarest instances; and we 
have done but very little for the 
Jewish Synagogues. Excluding 
these, also the Chapels and Sun- 
day Schools, we find there are not 
quite 100,000 complete Church Auditoriums, probably less than 75,000 of 
which are furnished with cushions. Ostermoor Cushions are in use in over 
one-third of these — the twenty-five thousand we have furnished being really 
all of any prominence. The Calvary Baptist Church, New York City, was one of 
the first we furnished, in 1853, and the cushions have seen fifty-one years' constant 
service, and yet are as good today for as many more. The pastor, Rev. Dr. 
R. S. MacArthur, says: 




Heartily 

recommended. 

After 51 years' 

constant use 

certainly as good 

as new today. 



Calvary Baptist Church, New York. 

Messrs. Ostekmuok & C<>. March 24, 1904. 

Dear Sirs: — It gives me much pleasure to say that the Ostermoor Cushions put by your company 
into the Calvary Baptist Church ffty-onc years ago arc still in most excellent condition, and I can very 
heartily recommend them. 

They still retain their elasticity, ami arc free from moth and vermin of every sort. 

They have preserved their shape better, and are, in my judgment, in every way more desirable than 
cushions made of any other material off "cred to the public. 

The cushions were put in the church long before I became a preacher. Of their present condition I 
can judge. In regard to the length of time they have been in use, and the satisfaction they have univer- 
sally given, the officers of the church are my authority. 

We found the cushions, after so many years' constant use, in s/ie/i good condition that upon going into 
our nciv church we had you recover them, and they are today i ertainlv as good as new. 

Very respectfully, 

R. S. MACARTHUR, D. D., PASTOfl 




A photographic reproduction of one of these Ostermoor Cushions after over fifty years 
a record of which we are exceedingly proud. This cushion is 
on exhibition in our show rooms today. 




log 

ROBABLY THE MOST NOTABLE EXAMPLE of the truly mar- 
velous endurance and longevity of Ostermoor Cushions is to be 
found in All Souls' Church, 4th Avenue and 20th Street, New York 
City. These Cushions — made by us in 1855, are 49 years old to- 
day — have never as yet been recovered, nor have they had any repairs whatever 
during all these years, other than the necessary replacing of a few tufts, and 
sewing up rips, in Damask covering, that is now worn with age and badly faded, 
but are in such perfect shape today, and possess their original elasticity to such 
an extent as seems almost incredible, after forty-nine years of constant service. 
See testimonial given us in 1881, by the Rev. Dr. H. W. Bellows, at that time 
pastor of church; and then read the one given by the Rev. Dr. Thos. R. Sheer, 
the present pastor, after a lapse of twenty-three years. 

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All Souls' Church, New York City. 

Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. June 7, 1881. 

Dear Sirs: — I am happy to say the Ostermoor Cushions placed in our church by your company twenty-six years 
ago are in excellent condition at this date, still elastic, and apparently likely to outlast most of those 
who sit upon them. . 

I have recommended the Ostermoor Cushions to many churchbuilding com- 
mittees as cheaper, better than all others and free from dangers from 

moth, or tendencies to mat or lose elasticity. — i - T — 

Respectfully yours, ""N' 

H. W. BELLOWS, D. D., 

Pastor 

V* 1^* l£* 

156 E. 38th St., New York. 

March 4, 1904. 
Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. 

Dear Sirs: — You may add to the testi- 
monial given you by Dr. Bellows, that those 
Ostermoor Cushions are still in use and in good 
condition today. 

The sexton states that no repairs whatever 
have been made during the eighteen years he 
has been with the church, excepting to put in 
a few new buttons and sewing up the rips in 
Damask covering. 

This gives you a complete record of forty- 
nine years, and certainly makes an excellent 
showing of remarkable longevity. 
Yours sincerely, 

THOS. R. SLICER, 
Pastor All Souls- Church 




Interior of All Souls' Church, March 1904. showing condition 
of these Cushions after 49 years' of service. 



Illustrating the Distinctive Art and Superior Workmanship of 

Hand-Laid Sheeted Filling and Hand-Sewed Closing 

of the Ostermoor Cushions. 




Copyright 1897, 
Ostermoor & Co 



Mode of building up the Ostermoor sheets in open covering 
by hand, a dainty method of building Cushions that guaran- 
tees accuracy in weight, thickness, and uniform elasticity. 



and far 
Cushion 



The method of building Ostermoor Cushions is most unusua 
different from the usual stuffing of every other Cushion ever made 
Covers are all cut and daintily finished, complete in every particular, with lining 
basted to cover to prevent friction, and all seamed together on the heavy duck 
used for bottom, which is left open the entire length of one side and both ends, 
like the lid of a box or trunk. 

Into this box-like cover the Ostermoor Sheets are hand-laid, one over the 
other, by carefully calculated weight per square inch, until the desired thickness 
be obtained, and then by gentle, even pressure, the whole is incorporated into 
one sheet of uniform thickness, and enclosed within the already completed cover- 
ing entirely by hand sewing across the two ends and one entire side. 

South Congregational Church, Springfield, Mass. 



Thirty 
years old. 

Retain shape and 
elasticity 

most remarkably. 



Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. October 15, 1900. 

Gentlemen : — It affords me pleasure to state that the Ostermoor Cushions which have been in use in 
the South Congregational Church for nearly thirty years air still in excellent condition, and probably 
7i'/// remain so for many yours to come. They retain their shape and elasticity remarkably, and show no 



signs of wear whatever. 



Vours trul 



H. C. ROWLEY, Chairman parish Committee 



h, 






Ill 



Illustrating the Distinctive Art and Superior Workmanship of 

Hand-Laid Sheeted Filling and Hand-Sewed Closing 

of the Ostermoor Cushions. 




Copyright 1897, 
Ostermoor & Co. 

Stowing the dainty Ostermoor sheets evenly built in place, 
and being compressed within the completed covering entirely 
by hand sewing, across both ends and the entire back. 

By this building only is it possible to secure that absolute uniformity in the 
distribution of elasticity which Ostermoor Cushions possess ; every square inch 
exactly duplicates each other, and guaranteed accuracy of both thickness and 
width is assured. The surface of filling being even, and the covering tightly drawn 
and basted to lining, prevents friction, and wears much longer than ordinarily. 

Compare our exceptional method with the usual manner of stuffing Cushions, 
that means making a simple sack or bag, leaving but one end open, stuffing 
filling into same in a haphazard fashion, which quickly sewn up, and as quickly 
tufted, depending entirely upon tufts for shape, making at best an uneven 
Cushion that is bound to mat and pack. Ostermoor Cushions never mat or 
p ac k — never spread — lump or become uneven. 

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First Universalist Church. Providence, R. I. 

.»'•/-» sr r , 11 Euclid Ave., March 24, 1904. 

Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. iJ e.^ 1 -"" n,s -i 

Dear Sirs:— I did not reply at once to your letter of inquiry concerning the Ostermoor Cushions 
you put in my church, because I desired to speak with members of my parish concerning them. 

The Cushions have given entire satisfaction. The best evidence of their durability is the fact 
that nobody has suggested that they need renewal, and it will be thirty-two years next fall since the 
church was built and the Cushions put in. HEN ry I RVTrJ& s cW^K/l)iW, rs PASTOR since ie?s 



Have given 

entire satisfaction 

fur iJ'2 years. 



Illustrating the Distinctive Art and Superior Workmanship of 

Hand=Laid Sheeted Filling and Hand-Sewed Closing 

of the Ostermoor Cushions. 



Showing the built up Sheets of Ostermoor 
appearing from out a completely finished 
Cushion, ripped open for Inspection. Note 
resiliency of filling. 




Copyright 1897, 
Ostermoor & Co. 

The Corded-Edge Cushion is the standard of its class, and just such as we 
have been making for the past forty-nine years, but showing all the wonderful 
improvements we have made in the art during these many years' experience. A 
very square and shapely Cushion of unbroken outline, lying perfectly flat upon 
the pew seat, and swelling above cords. Made with a boxed-edge border and 



Corded-Edge Cushion 
Corduroy Plush 
Covering. 




lined throughout with heavy cotton cloth; bottomed with eight-ounce duck; cov- 
ering all in one piece, from underside or facing of front edge to bottom of back; 
tightly basted to lining to prevent friction. All edges corded and sides stitched 
through and tufted in eight-inch diamonds with four-inch breaks. Uniform 
thickness throughout both front and back. 

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Better than 

hair. '2'J years 

old, excellent 

condition. 



St. Mark's P. E. Church, Brooklyn, N. Y. 

Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. St. Mark's Rectory, January 20, 1898. 

Dear Sirs : — It gives me pleasure to say that the Ostermoor Cushions furnished St. Mark's Church 
twenty-nine years ago today are still in excellent condition, and have given good satisfaction. 

I do not perceive that they have matted down or failed in every respect to wear better than hair; and 
are free from dust and moth. Very respectfully yours, s. M. HASKINS, Rector 



H3 



Ostermoor Church Cushions* 



Photographic reproductions of Ostermoor Cushions of our original designs. 



Copyright 1897, 
Oitennoor & Co 




"Ourstet" 
RolIed=Edge Cushion 

Diamond Tufting 
Corduroy Plush Covering 



Design Patent applied fur. 

The "Ourstet" Rolled-Edge Cushion is an entirely new, original design — 
exclusively our own, which we have arbitrarily named, superior even to, and 
an improvement upon, the Corded-Edge Cushion. It is the acme of art in 
cushion-making, and we have applied for design patent upon same. 

It possesses unusual features, covering being all in one piece, unbroken by 
cords or seams, nothing to rip or wear, has an unusually thick, high front, 
with a double-rolled edge — especially desirable for circular pews, and being less 
thick in back, has a decided pitch which adds wonderfully to comfort and 
durability — only evolved by us after 51 years' constant study of the requirements 
of the art in making Ostermoor Perfect Church Pew Cushions. 



"Ourstet" 

Rolled=Edge Cushion 

Diamond Tufting 

Super= Extra Mohair Damask 

Covering. 




Design Patent applied fur, 



Flemington Baptist Church, Flemington, N. J. 

Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. March 5, 1904. 

Gentlemen : — I am pleased to testify to the undoubted excellence of the Ostermoor Cushions 
you placed in the Flemington Baptist Church in 1867, and which you simply recovered in 1889. 
They are today in excellent order, and giving us perfect satisfaction, and we feel quite sure are 
as good as new today., after thirty-seven years of service. Yours truly, 

HOWARD SUTPHIN, TREASURER SINCE 1880 



Undoubted 
excellence. 
Good as new to- 
day, after 
37 years of service. 



H4 



Ostermoor Church Cushions* 



Photographic reproductions of Ostermoor Cushions of original designs. 



Copyright 1897, 
Ostermoor & Co. 




Corded-Edge Cushion 
Square or Biscuit Tufting 
Corduroy Plush Covering 



Especially made for St. Agnes' Chapel, Trinity Church Corporation, New York City. 






Although 

over 49 years old, 

still in good 

condition. 

Would use no 

other. 



First Baptist Church, Hartford, Conn. 

Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. Hartford, Conn., October IS), 1900. 

Gentlemen -.—Forty-nine years ago we bought of you the Ostermoor Cushions for the First Baptist 
Church of this city. They are still in use and in good condition, and so well satisfied are we with their 
remarkably long wear that if we were to have more we would without hesitation again use Ostermoor 
in preference to hair or any other material. 

Very respectfully yours, 

JAMES L. HOWARD, PRES't 



Corded Hd^e Cushion 

Diamond Tufting 

Special 

Satin=Finish Mohair 

Damask Covering 




First class, 
although in 

constant use for 

46 years. 

Apparently 

as good as new. 



Frank Street M. E. Church, Rochester, N. Y. 

Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. November 15, 1000. 

Gentlemen:— The Ostermoor Cushions your firm furnished the Frank Street Methodist Episcopal 
Church in 1854 are still in use, and are still shapely, soft, elastic and pliable, although they have been in 
constant use ever since they were put in the church, forty-six years ago. They are apparently as good 
as new. 

From this experience we can certainly recommend Ostermoor cushions as first class. 

Very truly, 
C. L. CRIFFITH, Chairman Board of Trustees 



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Ostermoor Church Cushions* 



1 Photographic reproductions of Ostermoor Cushions of original designs. 




•« Ourstet-Special " 

Rolled-Edge Cushion 

Special Tufted Edges 

Corduroy Plush 

Covering 



Design Pat«at applied f»r. 

Strikingly new, rich and handsome. Especially made for Mr. Cornelius 
Vanderbilt, 'for St. Bartholomew's Church, New York City; and also for Mr. 
George Vanderbilt, for All Souls' Memorial Church; on his estate, Biltmore, N. C. 

Ourstet-Special " 

Kneeling Cushion 
Matching the above Cushion 

Unusual and Original. 

Made any heigJit or thickness ; six- 
teen inches long, as here shown, or 
forty feet long for an Altar Kneel- 
ing Rail, for use without the step. 

Desiga Patent applied for. 

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Jefferson Avenue Presbyterian Church, Detroit, Mich. 

Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. March 20, 1904. 

Gentlemen : — The Ostermoor Cushions you furnished our new Church have given entire satis- 
faction in every respect, are, of course, in first-class condition, and we are highly pleased with them. 

This church can speak from experience of the enduring quality of Ostermoor Cushions, as the 
cushions in our old church were furnished by you in 1855, we using them constantly until church 
was torn down in 1893 (some thirty-eight years), they being then in very good condition. They 
were purchased by, and are in use at the present day, in the People's Congregational Church in 
this city. 

Ostermoor Cushions have certainly proven to be all you claim in the way of durability 
and everlasting elasticity. We shall expect the new cushions, from the record of the old, to last 
for at least fifty years. Yours very truly, 

DE WITT H. TAYLOR, W. HOWIE MUIR,) 

JAMES H. MCMILLAN, DE WITT LOO M IS, > board OF 

JAMES T. SHAW, > trustees 

ELISHA TAYLOR, R. O. WHEELER, H. P. CHRISTY, ) 

L. E. CLARK, 6- B.WIGHT, JAMES H. MUIR, i ELDERS 




" Everlasting 

elasticity certainly 

proven." 

Cushions made 

49 years ago for 

Jefferson Ave. 

Presbyterian 

Church and still 



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Ostermoor Church Kneelers* 



Photographic reproductions of Ostermoor Special Kneeling Pads made for 
St. Agnes' Chapel (small), and Church of St. Mary the Virgin (large). 



Copyright 1897, Ostermoor & Co. 




Unqualified 
testimony. 
Wonderful 
durability. 

33 years old. 

Still in use. 



Corduroy Plush Covering. 

Both Sides Alike. 

Size 10x15 inches, 3 inches thick. 



%£& ((?• ^* 



Christ Church, Cooperstown, 
N. Y. 

Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. March 9, 1904. 
Gentlemen: — The Ostermoor Cushions 
which you furnished for our church thirty- 
three years ago are still in excellent con- 
dition, having stood the ''Test of Time" 
far Iwyond our expectations. 

Yours very truly, 

W. H. MERCHANT, Treasurer 



In excellent 
condition after 
33 years' use. 



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Kent Street Reformed Church, 
14-3 Noble Street. 

Brooklyn, N. Y., Feb. 15, 1904. 

Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. 

Gentlemen : — The Ostermoor Cushions which 
you put in the Kent Street Reformed Church more 
than thirty-three years ago are still in use and in 
very good condition i mired today. The Church is 
ready to bear unqualified testimony as to their 
durability and the extreme satisfaction which 
they have given. Yours truly, 

LEWIS FRANCIS, D. D., PASTOR 



Copyright 1897, Oitermoor & Co. 




Corduroy Plush Covering. 

Both Sides Alike. 

Size 8 x 13 inches, 1J£ inches thick. 



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Although 33 
years old, good 
as new today. 



Church of the Ascension, West New Brighton, S. I. 

Messrs. Osterm >V Co. New York, March 15, 1004. 

Dear Sii.s: Let me add this cordial testimonial to the ipany you have received as to the excellent 
, . ■/, , we have had hum the Ostermoor Cushions placed in our church pews some thirty-three years ago. 
They were simply recovered in 1*%, and are today as good ,rs new. " The Test of Time " is certainly in 
their favor. Very truly yours, 

PASCAL HARROWER, PASTOR 
^* i^* *2* 



4fi years of 

constant use. 

Still retain shape 

and good for 

as many more. 



Plymouth Congregational Church, Rochester, N. Y. 

Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. November 26, 1901. 

Gentlemen:- Your Ostermoor Cushions were put in our Church in 1855, were simply recovered by 
you in 1877, and now appear to be about as good as new. They retain their shape and are all in good 
, ondition. 

After forty six years' constant use, they seem as good for as many more, judging from present 
appearance. Yours truly, 

WM. T. BROWN. Pastor 



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Ostermoor Church Kneelers* 



# 



Photographic reproductions of special Hassocks, with our special filling, 
combination of granulated cork and wood fibre, topped with Ostermoor sheets, 
making most solid, light and wonderfully durable Hassocks that keep their shape. 



29 years old. 

In 

most excellent 

■ condition. 

More than fulfill 

guarantee. 



Copyright, 1897, 
Ostermoor & Co. 



Emanuel Baptist Church, 
Albany, N. Y. 

January 31, 1900. 

Messrs. OSTERMOOK & Co. 

Gentlemen: — The Ostermoor Cushions 
have been in use in our church for tiui nty- 
nine years and are still in most excellent 
condition, and very satisfactory indeed. 
They promise to last as lone- as the church 
building, and certainly more than fulfill 
your guarantee. 

Yours very truly, 

WALLACE BUTTRICK 



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Square Hassock 
Corduroy Plush Covering 



Size, 9x14 inches. 



6 inches high. 

t<?* t*5* &?* 



Copyright, 1897, 
Oval HaSSOck Ostermoor & Co. 

Corduroy Plush Covering 



Size, 8J4xlo inches. 



6 inches high. 



St. John's P. E. Church, 
Yonkers, N. Y. 

February 12, 1902. 
Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. 

Gentlemen : — It affords me 
pleasure to say to you that we are 
greatly gratified with the appearance 
and wonderful durability of your 
Ostermoor Cushions and Hassocks 
you made for us in 1871, thirty-one 
years ago, and which you recovered 
in 1892 with your beautiful Corduroy 
Plush. 

After thirty-one years constant 
use, Cushions are absolutely as good 
as new. Very truly yours, 

W. H. PADDOCK, Warden 



Wonderful 

durability after 31 

years' constant 

use. 

Absolutely good 

as new. 



Church of the Holy Communion, Philadelphia, Pa. 

Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. February 14, 1904. 

Gentlemen: — The Ostermoor Cushions, placed in the Church of the Holy Communion in this 
city thirty-two years ago, have given entire satisfaction, and I have no hesitation in recommend- 
ing the same to others as the best thing I know for the purpose. 

Not a cushion is in the least matted down, and / cannot see that they have in any particular 
depreciated from what they were when new. 

Can also say the same of Ostermoor Mattresses, which I have been using about the same 
number of years. They are really -wonderful. Very respectfully, 

JOSEPH A. SEISS, D.D., PASTOR 



32 years old. 
Have never depre- 
ciated. 
They are 
wonderful. 



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STERMOOR CAR CUSHIONS 

have been adopted and used 

for many years by many of the 
most prominent Street Railway 
Lines of the United States, as 
the most satisfactory in every 
respect. They are dust-proof, 
a most essential feature, and 
possessing- marvelously endur- 
ing elasticity, they never mat 
or pack. All our claims as to 
their wonderful merits have 
been fully proven during many 
years continuous use in Boston, 
Mass., and Providence, R. I., 
where they are used exclusively in 
all the cars. The latter place, as 
you win see from testimonial below, has never 
found it necessary to even have one remade dur- 
ing the past twenty-four years' daily demonstra- 
tion of their merits. No rougher usage can be 
imagined anywhere; they stand the severest test. 




After 24 years' 

experience, 

consider them 

superior to all 

others. 



The Rhode Island Company., Providence, R. I. 

General Manager's Office. 

Messrs. Ostermoor iV; Co. February 17, 190i. 

I>i m; Sirs :— We have used a large number of Ostermoor Cushions in all our cars for the/,/*/ twenty- 
four years, and during this time Ziar'e not found it necessary to have any remade, and consider them 
superior to hair or any others we have ever used. Very respectfully, 

ROBERT I. TODD, • bn-l Manager 






Elasticity perfect 

today, although 

used constantly 

for 21 years. 



Rev. Wm. S. Owens, D.D., Campbell. California. 

Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. March 2, 1904, 

De \k Sirs: — We have had two of Ostermoor Mattresses in constant use for over twenty-one vears, 
ami tiny are in excellent condition today, and are not in any degree less comfortable or elastic than when 
new, after all these years of service. 

In lXXi, while I was pastorof the United Presbyterian Church at Steubenville, Ohio, we furnished 
our new Church with your Cushions, and they have also given entire satisfaction. 

Ostermoor products are certainly remarkable in every way, and I can most heartily recommend both 
Cushions and Mattresses to every one in search of a really good and exceptionally fine article. 

Very truly yours, 

WM. S. OWENS 



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STERMOOR DIVANS AND COSEY SEATS, either with or 
without spring bottom or under supports, possess exceptional 

comfort, and are the very acme of luxurious softness, possess- 
ing an endurance and longevity possible in no other make. 

They can be built any shape or size, making a delight- 
fully pleasing Drawing Room Divan, as here shown, or are 
readily adaptable for Bay Window Seats, Hall Seats, Divans, etc., in fact are 
simply perfect wherever a seat with Cushion can be used, and the luxury of 
springs underneath, which add so immeasurably to comfort, is desired (see 
illustration Stock Divan, page 121). Special shapes built to order at special 
prices. 

Construction of Spring Under-body illustrated and described, page 1*2.'!. 




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Glencarlyn, Va. 

Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. April 4, 1904. 

Gentlemen: — The Ostermoor Mattress purchased oi you seven years ago is today the most 
comfortable bed I ever slept on, and we are perfectly satisfied. 

Before making the purchase I 
made a little allowance for the 
usual business exaggeration as to 
the merits of the Mattress, fully 
expecting the cotton to grow lumpy 
in a short time ; but constant use 
and proof has convinced me that 
your advertisement may be taken 
literally, and the mattress is some- 
thing much more than simply cotton. 
Notwithstanding my 
own corroboration of 
your statements a short 
time since I was in- 
duced to try another 
make, guaranteed to be 
of the same material, 
and in every way equal 
to the Ostermoor. It 
wasn't, of course, nor 
anywhere near as com- 
fortable, and after a 
week of conscientious 
experiment, we re- 
turned to our old Os- 
termoor and sent the "just as good" 
back, and now have a new Oster- 
moor in place, and are correspond- 
ingly happy. 

We shall never sleep on any 
other Mattress than the Ostermoor. 
Yours very truly, 

C. E. TOWN 



An Ostermoor Luxury. 



A. C. & R. M. Barbour, 
Toledo, O. 

March 1 1902. 
Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. 

Gentlemen: — About seventeen years 
ago I purchased from you three of your 
Ostermoor Mattresses for my own use, and 
one that I sent to my son at Albuquerque, 
N. M. 

The three that I used at home have 
been in almost constant use and have 
given the most perfect satisfaction. The 
cushions since purchased are in every way 
fully as desirable. 

Yours truly, 

A. C. BARBOUR 



Almost as good 
as new after 23 
great com- 
fort and per- 
fectly satisfactory 



Maryland Steel Company, 
Sparrows Point, Maryland. 

March 20, 1904. 
Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. 

Gentlemen: — It is over 23 years ago 
since I first purchased Ostermoor Mat- 
tresses, and, after using them personally 
all this time, we find them about as good as 
they were at first. 

They never become lumpy or uneven, 
but have always retained their elasticity. 
We are so well pleased that we would use 
no other than Ostermoor Mattresses or 
Cushions. 

Respectfully yours, 

D. J. NIENTON 




Special Seats, with removable Ostermoor Cushions, made to order at small 
cost — either with spring Underbody or not, as desired. The sort not obtainable 
elsewhere at any price — as illustrated above, or like Divan on next page. 

For construction Underbody, see page 123. 

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Borden Condensed Milk Co., New York City. 



Has no equal. 

Never had a 

satisfactory 

mattress before. 

Used 17 years. 



Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. 176-180 East 116th St., March 25, 1904. 

Gentlemen: — Replying to your favor in regard to the Ostermoor Mattress purchased of you some 
seventeen years ago, I wish to say that I never had a mattress that gave satisfaction until I purchased 
that one. For comfort and durability it has no equal. Since purchasing the first one, I have bought and 
now use five more. 

I have recommended several of my friends to your house, and they are all well pleased. I am 
only too happy to bear the most unqualified testimony as to the wonderful excellence of Ostermoor 
Mattresses and Cushions. We would use nothing else. Yours very truly, 

GEORGE E. BELLOWS 



The Ostermoor Divan. 




FR-Hi-H 1 







OSTERHOOR UPHOLSTERED SPRING DIVAN UNDERBODY. 

SPECIAL OSTERMOOR MATTRESS=CUSHION WITH FRILL. 

FOUR FRENCH PILLOWS, 18 in. x 18 in., GATHERED ROUND CORNERS. 

Cost Complete, as shown above, Covered with mercerized Art Twills, Any Color, 

2 feet 6 inches wide, $40.00. 3 feet wide, $47.50. 

Covered with Corduroy Plush, $f0.00 extra, 

Grace Church, Stafford Springs, Conn. 

Messrs. Ostermook & G >. February 15, 1904. 

Dear Sirs :— The two Ostermoor Mattresses you sold me some 
fifteen years ago are superior to anything I ever used in that line. 

Besides retaining their shape and wonderful and everlasting 
elasticity, they seem to me to be far healthier than, not only 
any other materal, but even the best of hair. 

The Ostermoor Cushions you made for St. Thomas' Church 
Bethel, in 1883, twenty-one years ago, are as elastic as ever, while 
those you made for the addition to the church, eleven years ago, 
appear as if made but yesterday, they are so good. 
Yours sincerely, 




Mattress-Cushion Raised, Showing Spring Underbody. 
Ctftstructitn, Illustrated, page 123. 






Haverford College, Haverford, Pa. 



WM. MORRALL, Rector 



March 1. 1902. 



Messrs. Ostermhor iS: Co. 

Dear Sirs:— I can certainly heartily recommend your Ostermoor both for Mattresses and Cushions, as we have 
tried both and found them most highly satisfactory, Yours truly, WM C. LADD 



Ostermoor Metal Bedsteads and SpringSc 

The " Different " Kind. 



Our 

Special 

Bedstead 

Bo oklet, 

'Built for Sleep, '' 

is yours 

for the 

asking. 




Quaint 

Pattern 

' Four Poster ' 

Bedstead of 

Wrought 

Steel, 

a Dainty 

Arrangement. 



Nothing can 

i impare with 

your mattresses. 

Retained 

their elasticity 

unimpaired 

for 23 years, 

which to 

devotees of hair 

seems 

incredulous. 



OSTERMOOR METAL BEDSTEADS — both Brass and Steel — are all 
made with exceptional care, of selected materials and from exclusive designs. 
Quaint, novel, attractive and useful — metal springs, too. Illustrated book free. 
W e also make special upholstered springs of an unusually high grade — the kind 
not obtainable elsewhere. See pages 123, 124, 125. 

Rev. Thomas W. Illman, Taunton, Mass. 

Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. January 22, 1904. 

Dear Sirs: — Through a friend of mine, who then had one of your Ostermoor Mattresses in use, I 
was first introduced to them. That was in 1881 (23 years ago). I ordered one as an experiment, and I 
take great pleasure in saying that the results have been in every way satisfactory. 

Since that time I have procured others from you, until now they are the only kind we have in our 
house. They retain their shape and elasticity in a manner that makes devotees of hair mattresses 
incredulous. 

I know of no material that i an begin to compare with the Ostermoor. My experient eivith it lias made 
me r,\ ommend it to many of my friends, and they soon Join in the chorus of praise. 

All the claims yon make for the material and workmanship of your mattresses seem to me well 
within the hounds oj modesty. 

I consider myself favored in having an opportunity to express my sentiments in regard to ( Istermoor 
Mattresses. 

With hearty wishes for your success in a business which adds so much to the comfort of the 
world, I have the honor to remain, gentlemen, Truly and gratefully yours, 

THOMAS W. I LLMAN 



123 

THE ABSOLUTE NECESSITY OF A REALLY GOOD SPRING, ONE 
WORTHY AN OSTERMOOR MATTRESS, which is so hard to obtain, 
led us to make special experiments along the line of betterment — and re- 
sults in our production of one that is of radically different construction from any on 
the market. One that enhances the value of the mattress 
and remedies all the faults so common in others. 
We pride ourselves on the achievement. 

\Trade Mark- 
Wegistered. 




Ostermoor Upholstered Spiral Spring. 

Opened to sho<zu Construction ivith Ostermoor Hand-Laid Top Filling. 

We offer this Spring, especially to the luxurious, as the finest possible to be 
obtained. It is all hand work. Full size spring contains six dozen of the finest 
tempered peculiarly prepared, very elastic Bessemer Steel Spirals which are rigidly 
fastened upon stoutly made boxed wood frame. 

Upper edges have a frame work of rattan to which the springs are all trans- 
versely tied, and then interlaced or woven together with linen cords which in turn 
is finally covered with heavy webbing stretched over and stitched to the rattan 
edge. Upon this foundation is built by hand a hand-laid top of Ostermoor 
Sheets, two and one-half inches in thickness. 

The whole is compressed and enclosed by hand, within an already made outer 
covering of ticking, which by the same method of building as the Ostermoor 
Mattress, is cleated in place and attached to frame, covering same entire — the 
underside being finally bottomed and daintily backed with cloth. 

Thus is achieved the building of the Ostermoor Spring-work which we can 
guarantee to be absolutely perfect throughout. Ostermoor Springs and Divans, 
Under-Beds and Under-Body Seats, will not sag, mat or pack, are all of the same 
elasticity on edges as in the middle. They possess an endurance and longevity 
not possible in others, and are absolutely unequaled anywhere at any price. 
Price List of Springs, pages 124, 125. Divans, etc., pages 119, 120, 121. 

Our Booklet, "Built for Sleep," illustrates our Metal Springs. 



124 



Springs of Ostermoor Quality 

"Ever soothe thee to repose." 




OSTERMOOR UPHOLSTERED SPIRAL SPRING 

For Wooden Bedsteads Only. 

COVERED WITH BEST A. C. A. BLUE AND WHITE STRIPE TICKING, 
WITH OSTERMOOR HAND-LAID SHEETED TOP. 

COST TO FIT BEDSTEADS : 
2 feet 6 inches wide, .... $15.00 



3 feet wide, 

3 feet 6 inches wide, 

4 feet wide, 

4 feet 6 inches wide, 



16.00 
17.00 
18.00 
19.00 



SAHE SPRING WITHOUT OSTERMOOR SHEETED TOP $6.00 LESS. 

Covered with High Grade Satin Finish Ticking, matching Mattresses, page J 30, $1.00 extra 
Covered with French Mercerized Art Twills, $3.00 extra. 

We also build, especially to order, even much more luxurious Springs of 
exceptional softness, and special De Luxe finish, on edges and deeper springs, 
extra thickness, etc., costing as follows : 

Extra thickness, each extra inch. .... $5.00 extra. 

French Edges, like Mattresses, page 132, . . 7.50 " 

Imperial Border, like Mattresses, page 133, . . . 7.50 " 

Imperial Border, Rolled Edges like Mattresses, page 134, 15.00 " 



Springs of Ostermoor Quality 

"Ever soothe thee to repose/' 




OSTERMOOR UPHOLSTERED SPIRAL SPRING 

For Metal Bedsteads Only. 

COVERED WITH BEST A. C. A. BLUE AND WHITE STRIPE TICKING, 

WITH OSTERMOOR HAND-LAID SHEETED TOP. 

Construction Illustrated and Described, page 124. 

COST TO FIT BEDSTEADS : 

2 feet 6 inches wide, .... $16.00 

3 feet wide, ...... 17.00 

3 feet 6 inches wide, .... 18.00 

4 feet wide, ...... 19-00 

4 feet 6 inches wide, .... 20.00 

SAJIE SPRING WITHOUT OSTERMOOR HAND-LAID TOP $6.00 LESS. 

Covered with High Grade Satin Finish Ticking, matching Mattresses, page 130, $1.00 extra 
Covered with French Mercerized Art Twills, $3.00 extra. 

We also build, especially to order, even much more luxurious Springs of 
exceptional softness, and special De Luxe finish on edges and deeper springs, 
extra thickness, etc., costing as follows: 

Extra thickness, each extra inch. .... $5.00 extra. 

French Edges, like Mattresses, page 132, . . 7.50 " 

Imperial Border, like Mattresses, page 133, . . . 10.00 

Imperial Border, Rolled Edges like Mattresses, page 134, 15.00 



126 



Ostermoor Pillows 



Square Corners, Covered with A. C. A. Ticking. 



18 x 30 inches or less, . . $1.10 each. 

20 x 30 inches or less, . . 1.30 each. 

22 x 30 inches or less, . 1.50 each. 

24x 30 inches or less, . 1.70 each. 

26x30 inches or less, 1.90 each. 

%£Tl |^W (^» 

Covered <with High Grade Satin 
Finish Ticking, 25c. extra. 

Covered %>ith SMercerized 
French Art Twills, 
50c. extra. 

Softer Pillows with French Corners, as Illustrated, 50c. extra. 



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Ostermoor Sofa Pillows 

Square Corners, Soft White Cambric Covering. 



1.25 each. 
1.50 each. 
1.75 each. 
2.00 each. 
2.25 each. 



18 x 18 inches or less, 
20 x 20 inches or less, 
22 x 22 inches or less, 
24 x 24 inches or less, . 
26 x 26 inches or less, 

Denim Covering, 25c. extra. 

Pillows covered ivitb Mercerized French 
Art Twills, 50c. extra. 




Softer, Plumper Pillows with Gathered Round Corners, as Illustrated, 75c. extra. 



127 



Ostermoor Wedge Bolsters 




Covered with A. C. A. Ticking 

18 x 30 inches or less, .... $2.25 each. 

18 x 3G inches or less, 3.00 each. 

18 x 42 inches or less, 3.75 each. 

18 x 18 inches or less, ..... 4.50 each. 

18 x 54 inches or less, .... 5.25 each 

High Grade Satin Finish 'Ticking, 60c. extra Mercerized French <Art Twills, $1.20 extra 

Bolsters with Stitched Edges, like Illustration, $1.00 extra. 

Imperial Rolled Edges, $2.00 extra. 

Ostermoor Bolsters 

With Square Corners 




Covered with A. C. A. Ticking 

18 x 30 inches or less, .... $2.10 each. 

18 x 36 inches or less, 2.70 each. 

18x42 inches or less, .... 3.30 each. 

18x48 inches or less, 3.90 each. 

18 x 54 inches or less, 4.50 each. 

High Grade Satin Finish Ticking 50c. extra. cMercerized French Art Twills, $t extra. 
Soft Bolster, with French Edge, Oval Ends, like Illustration, $1.00 extra. 



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Ostermoor Mattresses 

t4 Are such stuff as dreams are made on." 



Copyright 
1897, 

Ostermoor 
& Co. 




Trade Mark- 
Registered. 

The Regular Ostermoor Mattress, as Advertised. 

Price List, Stock Sizes, page 129. 
SPECIALS COST EXTRA, AS FOLLOWS: 

Mattresses made in Two Parts, Crosswise, ......... $0.50 

Mattresses made in Three Parts, Crosswise, ......... 1.00 

Mattresses made in Two Parts, Lengthwise, ......... 1.50 

MATTRESSES WITH SPECIAL TUFTING. 

Mattresses Tufted in Small Close Diamonds, ......... 2.00 

Mattresses Tufted in Squares, ............ 1.50 

Mattresses Tufted in Small Squares, ........... 3.00 

SPECIAL SHAPES AND CORNERS. 

Angles or Bevels on Mattresses, . . .......... 2.00 

[rregular Corners <>n Mattresses, ........... 1.50 

Round Corners on Mattresses, ............ 1.00 

SPECIAL EDGES AND BORDERS. 

French Rolled Edge Mattresses, 2.50 

Mattresses with Imperial Border, Stitched Edges, ....... . 5.00 

Mattresses with Imperial Border, Double Stitched Edges, . ..... 7.. r >0 

Mattresses with Imperial Border, Double Stitched, French Rolled Edges .... 10.00 



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Ostermoor Mattresses 

"Are such stuff as dreams are made on" 




The Regular Ostermoor Mattress as Advertised 

Covered with Best A. C. A. Narrow Blue and White Striped Ticking 
Standard Four-Inch Border, in One Part 

4 feet 6 inches wide, or less, 45 lbs., $ 1 5.00 eacn 
4 feet wide, or less, 40 lbs., . . 1 3.35 
3 feet 6 inches wide, or less, 35 lbs., 1 1 .70 
3 feet wide T or less. 30 lbs., . . 1 O.OO 
2 feet 6 inches wide, or less, 25 lbs., 8.35 

All 6 feet 3 inches long. 

Mattresses made in two parts cost 50c. extra 

Mattresses longer than 6 feet 3 inches cost 25c. e ach extra inch 

Mattresses wider than 4 feet 6 inches cost $i ea ch extra inch 
Regular Crib Mattresses 

3 feet wide, 5 feet long, $9.00 2 ft. 6 in. wide, 4 ft. 6 in. long, $7.50 

Dust-Proof, Satin Finish Ticking makes Softer Mattress. See page 130 



130 



Ostermoor Mattresses 

"Are such stuff as dreams are made on" 




Regular Ostermoor Mattress 

Covered with Ostermoor Special Dust-Proof Satin Finish Ticking. 

This cdbering makes much softer Mattress than A. C. A. Ticking. 
Standard Four-Inch Border, in One Part 

4 feet 6 inches wide, or less, 45 lbs., $16.50 each 
4 feet wide, or less, 40 lbs., . . 14.85 " 
3 feet 6 inches wide, or less, 35 lbs. , 13.20 '« 
3 feet wide, or less, 30 lbs., . . 11.50 " 
2 feet 6 inches wide, or less, 25 lbs., 9.85 " 
All 6 feet 3 inches long. 

Mattresses made in two parts cost 50c. extra 

Mattresses longer than 6 feet 3 inches cost 25c. each extra inch 

Mattresses wider than 4 feet 6 inches cost $1 each extra inch 
Crib Mattresses with Satin Finish Ticking 
3 feet wide, 5 feet long, $10.50 2 ft. 6 in. wide, 4 ft. 6 in. long, $9.00 

Regular Ostermoor Mattress, $15.00 kind, as advertised, page 129. 



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Ostermoor Mattresses 

" Are such stuff as dreams are made on " 



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Regular Ostermoor Mattress 

Covered with Beautiful Mercerized French Art Twills. 

This cohering, in stripes and floral effects, all colors, makes e'ben softer Mattress than Satin Finish. 
Standard Four-Inch Border, in One Part 

4 feet 6 inches wide, or less, 45 lbs., $18.00 each 
4 feet wide, or less, 40 lbs., . . 16.35 " 
3 feet 6 inches wide, or less, 35 lbs. , 14.70 " 
3 feet wide, or less, 30 lbs., . . 13.00 " 
2 feet 6 inches wide, or less, 25 lbs., 11.35 " 
All 6 feet 3 inches long. 

Mattresses made in two parts cost 50c. extra 
Mattresses longer than 6 feet 3 inches cost 50c. each extra inch 

Mattresses wider than 4 feet 6 inches cost $\ each extra inch 
Crib Mattresses with Art Twill Coverings 
3 feet wide, 5 feet long, $12.00 2 ft. 6 in. wide, 4 ft. 6 in. long, $10.50 

Regular Ostermoor Mattress, $15.00 kind, as advertised, page 129. 



132 



Ostermoor Mattresses 

"Are such stuff as dreams are made on." 




Special French Edge Mattress. 

Covered with Beautiful Mercerized French Art Twills. 

A still softer and more luxurious round corner mattress of extra weight and thickness* 

Exceedingly soft, springy mattress of extra "weight, thicker than regular. 

Four Inch Inseamed French Edge Border. 

4 feet 6 inches wide, or less, 50 lbs., $23.00 each 
4 feet wide, or less, 45 lbs., . 21.00 " 

3 feet 6 inches wide, or less, 40 lbs., 19.00 *' 
3 feet wide, or less, 35 lbs., . . 17.00 " 
2 feet 6 inches wide, or less, 30 lbs., 15.00 " 
All 6 feet 3 inches long. 

Hade in one or two parts, as desired. 

Mattresses Longer than 6 feet 3 inches, $1.00 each extra inch. 

Mattresses Wider than 4 feet 6 inches, $2.00 each extra inch. 
French Edge Crib Mattresses, Art Twill Coverings. 
2 feet 6 inches wide, 4 feet 6 inches long, $14.00. 3 feet wide, 5 feet long, $16.00. 
Regular Ostermoor Mattress, $15.(K) kind, as advertised, page 129 



133 



Ostermoor Mattresses 

♦♦Are such stuff as dreams are made on" 




Special Imperial Edge Mattress 

Covered wi th Beautiful Mercerized French Art Twills. 

A still softer and more luxurious round corner mattress of extra height and thickness. 
Imperial Five-Inch Border, Stitched Rolled Edges 

4 feet 6 inches wide, or less, 60 lbs., $30.00 each 
4 feet wide, or less, 55 lbs., . . 27. 00 " 
3 feet 6 inches wide, or less, 50 lbs. , 24.00 " 
3 feet wide, or less, 45 lbs. , . . 21.00 " 
2 feet 6 inches wide, or less, 40 lbs., 18.00 " 
All 6 feet 3 inches long. 

Made in one or two parts, as desired 

Mattress es longer than 6 feet 3 inches cost $\ each extra inch 

Mat tresses wider than 4 feet 6 inches cost $2 each extra inch 

Extra Thick Crib Mattresses, Art Twill Coverings 

3 feet wide, 5 feet long, $20.00 2 ft. 6 in. wide, 4 ft. 6 in. long, $17.00 

Regular Ostermoor Mattress, $15.00 kind, as advertised, page 129. 



134 



Ostermoor Mattresses 

"Are such stuff as dreams are made on" 




Extra Thick Imperial Edge Mattress 

Covered with Beautiful Mercerized French Art Twills. 

Exceptionally luxurious mattress of extra %>eight and thickness. Can be made either firm and 

hard or soft and flexible. In one or fte>o parts. Tufted in small squares, 

like illustration, or close diamonds as may be desired. 

Imperial Six=Inch Border, French Rolled Edges, Double Stitched 

4 feet 6 inches wide, or less, 75 lbs., $45.00 each 
4 feet wide, or less, 70 lbs., . . 40. 00 " 
3 feet 6 inches wide, or less, 65 lbs., 35.00 •* 
3 feet wide, or less, 60 lbs., . . 30.00 " 
2 feet 6 inches wide, or less, 55 lbs., 25.00 " 
All 6 feet 3 inches long. 

Mattresses longer than 6 feet 3 inches cost $1 each extra inch 

Mattresses wider than 4 feet 6 inches cost $2 each extra inch 

STILL THICKER MATTRESSES LIKE ABOVE : 
7 Inch Border, $10.00 extra. 8 inch Border, $20.00 extra. 

Regular Ostermoor Mattress, $15.00 kind, as advertised, page 129. 



135 



S 



jt jt j* WARNING •* * * * 



7~\C NOT be deceived by any one who offers you an 
I B Ostermoor Mattress, no matter what he claims 
it to be, unless it bears our name, and do not 
accept it unless it has our Label and Trade Mark which 
we show on this page. Ostermoor Mattresses and Cushions 
have been made by us since fSjj. Beware of cheap 
imitations ! Many unscrupulous storekeepers — trading on 
our success — substitute a spurious article. Be careful ! 
You meet all sorts of frauds in this world. The 
statement, " This is especially made for us, and is 
just as good," etc., is not true! All these things seem 
plausible when coming from a reputable man, who, per- 
haps, believes what he is telling you ; but we tell you, 
as the manufacturers of Ostermoor Mattresses, that no 
other mattress made is even a fair imitation or possesses 
half its merits, and that none are genuine unless they bear 
our Name, Trade Mark and Guarantee on Label. They 
must have it, so don't let any one fool you 



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FACSIMILE OF MATTRESS 

LABEL 

REDUCED SIZE 







Mrs. Charles H. Swift, 
Kennewick. Washington. 
March 16, L904. 
Messrs. Ostermoor & Co. 

Dear Sirs:— My Ostermoor 
Mattress has been a source of 
delight and comfort for many 
years. I think it the best I ever 
saw or slept on, and have taken 
pleasure in showing it, recom- 
mending it, and giving your 
address to many, for it is as soft, 
sweet and comfortable as the 
day we got it, and has never 
depreciated in the least. 

Recently I saw on sale in 
Chicago a mattress represented 
as the same as the Ostermoor, 
advertised in the magazines that 
was certainly not anything like 
yours; it was very inferior in- 
dee,!, and cheaply made; the 
circular announcing same was 

a cheaply gotten-up affair, \ r 

paper and cheap in every way. 
Of course, it is none of my busi- 
ness, but my mattress has 
proven so thoroughly and gen- 
uinely as represented in every 
way, and this was so different, 
it astonished me — that's all. 

I am just a little "cranky" 
over anything I know to be 
good in this age of shoddy 
goods and bogus representa- 
tions. 

Being a business woman, I 
certainly appreciate honor and 
your honest dealings, and hence 
I tell you this. 

Yours truly, 

M. E. SWIFT 



Over a million Ostermoor flattresses are in use in the United States alone. 

Over fifty thousand are in use in different branches of the service of the 
United States Navy. 

Over twenty-five thousand Churches in the United States are using our 
Ostermoor Cushions. 
Price List, all Sizes Ostermoor Mattresses, $15.00 kind, as Advertised, page 129. 



Ostermoor Mattresses 

"Are such stuff as dreams are made on." 

— Shakespeare, " Tempest" J I'-, I. 




Sleep full of rest from head to feet. 



Tennyson. 



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Sleep, O gentle sleep, Nature's soft nurse. 

— Shakespeare, " Henry //' 



Ostermoor Mattresses 

"Are such stuff as dreams are made on." 

— Shakespeare, " Tempest" IV., I. 




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The innocent sleep; sleep that 

knits up the ravell'd sleave of care; 

The death of each day's life; 
sore labour's bath; 

Balm of hurt minds, great nature's second 
course — chief nourisher in Life's feast. 

— Shakespeare, "Macbeth. 



LIBRARY OF CONGRESS 




Copyright 1904 by Ostermoor& Company 116 Elizabeth. St. New York. 



